Chapter 738: The First Battle of the Tarslaves (Fifty-Six)
After a while, a spy came to report.
"Report to the General, the North City Gate has been breached."
After a while, another spy reported: "Report to the general, the West City Gate has been breached." ”
"Report to the general, the East City Gate has been breached."
"Report to the general, the south gate has been breached."
"Okay, hahaha. Let's go and find out. ”
After about half an hour, another stall came to report: "General, Gyeongju City has been occupied by our army. The general can enter the city. ”
"Okay, let's go into town." Gao Tang waved his hand, and he was talking about arrogance.
When they entered the city, the Tarnus suffered 10,000 dead and wounded, and 20,000 prisoners. Gao Tang knew that there were still thirty or forty thousand people stationed on the fortress by the river. However, no reinforcements were found to have arrived at this time, and it seems that those troops did not yet know that the city of Gyeongju had fallen. Gao Tang immediately ordered an attack on the river.
This Gyeongju Fortress is only ten miles away from the fortress by the river, which is very close. And the fortress is a small town, the only artery in the mountains by the river that leads to the north. Its location is very important.
Gao Tang allocated 50,000 military horses to attack the fortress. That fortress was indeed an easy to defend and difficult to attack for the Han army in Jiangbei. But for the surprise attack of the Gao Tang army, it is undoubtedly like walking on the ground.
In Gotang's opinion, the explosion of the grenade did not give way to the hearing of the defenders of the fortress. And the defenders of Gyeongju City were in a hurry, and they didn't have time to report, so they didn't react.
Gao Tang remembers when the first wave of spies came to report. It was once said that the soldiers defending the city were all lax, and there were not many people at the city gates.
When the Han army's grenades smashed their city gates, they seemed to be still dreaming! Panic is inevitable. After receiving that the gates had been breached, the city was captured in just one hour, which shows that the Tarnus were defenseless.
The laxity of Gyeongju Fortress does not mean the laxity of the fortress. But what they are vigilant about is definitely the other side of the river, and as for the back, it must be more lax than Gyeongju City.
Gao Tang sat in the compound of the state yamen. When he entered the city, he was welcomed by a small number of ordinary people, and the reason why he said that there were few was because this was the border of the Tatars, and this small city was in danger of war at any time, and if you just wanted the people to stay, they would not stay.
He sat in the compound just to see the flare streak across the sky like a meteor. As long as the signal flare goes up to the sky, it means that the fortress has been attacked.
Time is ticking, and his men are cleaning up the tragic battlefield in the city. And the Tartar captive Gao Tang ordered: "Kill." ”
There is no way, they will not surrender, and if they surrender, it will be useless, and they cannot be released, and when they go back, they will take up arms again and continue to fight with you.
So the only way left is to kill.
War is so cruel.
At this moment, he didn't even have the heart to drink the tea he had brewed for Gao Tang. He knew in his heart that the battle of the fortress was the most important thing.
The fortress was immersed in darkness, with only the light on the city gates.
To be exact, there is no gate to the north of the town, only a few obstructive fortifications. Several soldiers standing guard got together and talked. There were torches around them, and Zhao lit up their bodies.
"Huh? Did you hear a voice from the north just now? One of them asked.
"I didn't hear that." One said.
Another said, "Of course you didn't hear you dozing off just now." ”
"Where did I doze off? Don't talk nonsense, if the head of the unit knows about it, he will lose his head. "The one who refused to admit to dozing off.
The one smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, brother, I'm just joking, and besides, I won't fight now." The Hua Han Dynasty has long been thinking about how to make money. I don't think it's pointless for us to stay here without a war. ”
"What if the Han army calls?" One asked.
"it, now it's the acquiescence of the two parties, it's going to be ruled across the river." One said.
Another said: "My brother has a point." Who wants to fight, Rao is our Tartar slaves who can fight well, and now it's not a peace? ”
"Who said that we Tatars sued for peace? Don't talk nonsense, we Tatars have never sought peace, only war. The one who didn't admit to dozing off said.
"Okay, don't talk about it, don't ask for peace yet. I don't want to fight with you, right? One said with some sarcasm.
The man who didn't admit to dozing off said, "I'm going to spank alone!" ”
Another smiled and said, "Hehe, brother, you don't need to hit the fart, you still doze off!" ”
One sentence made everyone laugh.
Suddenly, one of them said, "Shh......h I heard voices again. ”
The laughter immediately stopped abruptly. Several people listened with their ears pricked up.
"Ahh One of them said suddenly.
"I heard that, too."
"I heard that, too."
"Copy the guy."
Finally, as soon as the man's words fell, a gunshot rang out. Before the guards could pick up their weapons, they fell to the ground and died. It was then occupied by the Han army.
Gunshots were heard inside the town, and torches lit up instantly. By this time, the Han army had already stormed the town. There is not a single ordinary person in this. It's all Tatar troops.
"Brothers, let go of the killing!" A shout was followed by the sound of gunshots, grenades.
The silent night was no longer quiet.
The guards on the river outside the fortress heard the gunfire and immediately returned to help. A massacre began in this treacherous town.
The slaughterer was the Han army, and the slaughtered were the Tatar army.
Tragic, bloody......
The massacre lasted more than an hour, and flares were fired.
Gao Tang, who was sitting in the courtyard of the Gyeongju Yamen, saw it, stood up suddenly, and couldn't help but shout: "It's done." The joy was all in those two words.
The Han army, which had been waiting on the other side of the river, saw the signal flare, and the leading general immediately ordered to cross the river. It's a very wide stretch of river, but the current is not very fast. Therefore, both sides of the river are each other's fortresses.
The gentle flow of the water made the Han army cross the river very quickly, and 80,000 horses crossed the river in less than an hour. By the time they entered the fortress town, the Tatar army was in full rout, and he, the army that had crossed the river, had 20,000 men out of the hole and participated in the massacre of the Tatar army.
Gao Tang, who saw the signal flare, was no longer relieved, and at this time, the white fish belly was exposed in the sky, and the sky was about to light up. He was waiting for someone to report the news of the victory.
Although he was anxious, the news still came.
"Report to the general, the fortress has been taken, and all the 80,000 troops on the south bank of the river have crossed the river." This sentence, the spy said very excitedly.