6. Lone Chen beats the drums of war
"Then the two big formations that stepped forward to fight, and how should Murong Junchao, the little king of Tuyuhun, command?"
"If they can annihilate the Tang army in front of them and seize the source of the river in Anlezhou City, it is better, if not, they must also contain it and cover us to Mingsha Town, and then they can bypass Anlezhou, go to Weiruchuan to get drinking water, and then cross the river from Zhongwei." The implication of Ma Chongying's words is actually that he did not hesitate to sacrifice the 10,000 households of Tuyuhun, and also to pull back the 30,000 or 40,000 backbone Xifan team.
"Ma Chongying wants to escape!" On the enemy platform and crossbow platform in Anlezhou City, almost all the soldiers in charge of waiting shouted in unison.
On the opposite side of Anle River, the army of Xifan was quickly divided into two groups, and more than 10,000 of them, under the guidance of Murong Junchao, the little king of Tuyuhun, pounced on the Baicao infantry army that was lined up against the water; And many more Fanzi surrounded Ma Chongying and his Red Lotus Fire Tongue Tooth Banner, like gusts of wind and dark clouds, trying to snatch from the dry riverbed under Anle River.
"The enemy is going to Bole Mountain, Guo Xiaofeng!" Gao Yue, who was standing under the watchtower, shouted as he did his best in the direction of the north gate of the city.
"Drive!" Guo Zaizhen, who covered his face with a felt hat and a linen shawl, raised the thorn stick in his hand and stabbed the camel that sat down, and then the camel roared, raised its neck, quickly moved its broad hooves, and carried him quickly in the direction of Bole Mountain.
His purpose was to find the 5,000 cavalry of the Ming Huaiyi Department who were attacking and advancing towards Bole Mountain, and tell them to turn around and intercept Ma Chongying.
The wind whistled and fanned Guo Zaizhen's shawl, he had driven a camel when he served Guo Ziyi and Hun Ying in Lingwu City before, which was difficult for him, but he didn't dare to look east at all:
The whole winding Anle River, east of the river bank is countless galloping Xifan cavalry, west is Guo Zaizhen alone and a camel galloping, this scene is afraid that Guo Zaizhen will live for another 20 years, and it will definitely not be able to experience it again.
"Take care, Xiaofeng......" On Anle City, Gao Yue clenched his fists nervously, this scene for him, I am afraid that he will not see it again in another twenty years.
At this time, the shouting of killing burst out, straight into the sky, Gao Yue turned his head, and the wind from the dry sea swept his head - at the east bank of the river beach of Anle River under the city, six thousand Baicao Army infantry soldiers, with all the Tutuan crossbowmen, under the command of Gao Gu, Wang Li, and Zhang Xi, the front line held the long guns in their hands in rows and stretched out, and the heads were like the long and short blades of short swords, all in unison against the Tuyuhun cavalry that was constantly rushing, and formed a half-moon array; Then he hid in the belly of Half Moon, quickly pulled the crossbow teeth, and shot the crossbow arrows with a splash.
When the head of the horse of the Western Tibetan army collided with the tip of the blade of the foot soldier of the White Grass Army, all kinds of curses and screams exploded, including Chinese, Tibetan, and livestock cries, and the sound of weapons and blades piercing into the body or blocking each other.
In an instant, Gao Yue saw that after the sturdy White Grass Army's half-moon formation was attacked by Murong Junchao's landslide and ground cracking, the originally protruding arc was first flattened, and then a short section of it was violently dented, and then it bounced back tenaciously.
Gao Yue strode to the drum at the head of the city, "Bastards, whether it is Lingwu, Suiningqing, or Hedong Hezhong, what happened, how could so many people in Xifan still rush through Yanzhou and come here unharmed?" But he can't take care of a lot, now the situation in Anle Zhou City can't collapse, once it collapses, not only Ma Chongying will run away, but his White Grass Army is likely to be completely lost.
Now we can only fight to the death!
Gao Yue pulled out the drumstick, raised his arm, and the gale poured through his ears, he seemed to have returned to the past, and when he rushed into the Daming Palace to beat the drum, "Courage, as long as you have courage at this time." ”
Knock, knock, knock, Xingyuan Defense Observation Envoy stood under the tower of Anlezhou City and beat the drum, only a dark Wei Daotian accompanied him.
After the first group charge and retreat of Tuyuhun Wanhu, the other two large formations of Xifan, each with 3,000 cavalry, clashed from the left and right flanks.
Gao Gu commanded well, organized the Tu regiment to garrison the formation and fired crossbows, and bravely repelled them.
But at the roundabout, Murong Junchao led another 2,000 Tuyuhun cavalry, galloped and galloped, and then the Western Tibetan warriors who lost their horses, wearing armor, brandished their weapons on foot, accompanied Murong Junchao to assault.
Wang Tong was hit by an arrow in the arm, but he still fought fiercely and did not retreat.
Zhang Xi took over, and asked the soldiers of the Tutuan to throw down their crossbows, pick up iron rods and horizontal knives and pounce on them.
The drums at the head of the city sounded again, and that was the only way Gao Yue could do to boost his morale right now.
It was another continuous battle to the death, and after Murong Junchao was defeated and retreated again this time, almost all of the three hundred cavalry of Xifan's second breakthrough were killed, and the corpses were all in a posture of falling forward, without exception.
The warriors of the White Grass Army in the front line also suffered heavy casualties, and people were constantly supported on ten pack horses, taking advantage of the gap between battles, and constantly sent them down the causeway to the city.
"Woooooo At this time, the horn sounded again, and the seven hundred elite warriors of Xifan who had been waiting in the rear formation, all holding long lances, abandoning their horses, after Murong Junchao's Tuyuhun cavalry retreated, they continued to press towards the White Grass Army formation along the formation gate, stepping on the sounding sand, and maintaining an almost uninterrupted attack.
"Xifan's wheel tactics?" Gao Yue's arm was tingling from the beating of the drum, and he gasped to see the situation under the city.
In fact, this is not only the tactics of the Western Tibetans, but also their military laws - the Western Tibetans stipulate that when the front team dies in the sudden formation, the rear team will move forward.
The bed crossbow and tiger cannon on the crossbow platform continued to fire, smashing heavy arrows or stone pellets on the front line of the Western Tibetan army, and Gui in armor was constantly hit and fell, completing the noble death, while the rest quickly moved closer to fill the gap caused by the casualties of their companions, and continued to shoulder to shoulder, under the cover of light clothing, to attack the formation of the White Grass Army.
But at this time, the soldiers of the White Grass Army on the crossbow platform also saw the clues.
This clue is the weakness of the Western Tibetan army.
The soldiers and horses made Gao Gu the first to get the information that there were not many soldiers in armor and did not fight on horseback, and as for the unarmored soldiers, they all stayed in the rear, and when the previous attack was over, they would replace the armored soldiers of their retreating friends......
"Could it be that Fanzi has abandoned most of his armor?" Gao Gu is overjoyed.
But he was still serious, and while sending people into the city to report to Gao Yue, he was determined to give it a try, "Drag the corpses of the Western soldiers who died in battle, remove the chain mail from them, and put them on our own people." ”
"Hmm! In order to escape, Ma Chongying really abandoned the armor and remnants? "Under the castle tower, Gao Yue, who was standing next to the drum, was also at the battlements at the moment, and he looked carefully.
At this moment, suddenly, on the road on the southwest side of Anlezhou City, an official ran like an arrow, shouting, "I am from Beijing, and there is news from the Holy Lord to send to Gao Lian!" ”
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