Chapter 595: Luring the Enemy
Li Mi spent two days building a simple bridge over the Jinsha River, and on the evening of 15 April, he sent people to detour from the north bank of the river, deliver the news to the Jiannan army camp, and inform Wang Yuan that the previous plan had been prepared. Wang Yuan immediately ordered the army to be drawn immediately. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses began to dismantle tents, load and unload supplies, and began to pull out the camp.
Although the lights were controlled, the torches were not lit when the camp was pulled, and even the campfire was extinguished. But today is the night of the full moon, the bright moon rises, the four fields are bright, and the visibility is extremely high. In addition, the noise of horses and livestock could not be concealed, so the soldiers and horses of the city of Lyre City, who were monitoring on the other side, immediately noticed the abnormal movement of ** and quickly notified the news to Iron Blade Sinolo.
Ironblade Sinoro flew on the riverbank to follow the pace of ** to see whether **'s intention was to withdraw the army or to cross the river by bridge.
After traveling four or five miles east, the brigade suddenly stopped. A group of men and horses climbed the cliff on the opposite bank, and looked at the opposite bank with their probes probed. Ironblade Sinoro hurriedly ordered his men and horses to hide in the long grass and spy on the opposite bank. But seeing the shadow of the black ** on the cliff wall on the opposite bank constantly shaking, and soon after, a soldier fell down the rope along the cliff wall and arrived at the river beach below, and the iron blade Sinolo immediately realized the intention of **.
"Sure enough, I wanted to cross the river secretly, but it was a good idea. General Gazike quickly went to the city and transferred 6,000 cavalry archers to arrive. Be careful not to get too close to the riverbank, so as not to be noticed. They were ambushed at the rear of the valley with their soldiers and horses, and when they had built half of the bridge, we showed up and pierced their hearts with arrows, and shot the soldiers they had built the bridge into the river and fed the fish and turtles. ”
General Gazike immediately obeyed the order, and soon after, 6,000 archers Tubo Guidongdai archers came to reinforce him. The so-called Gui Dongdai archers are full-time cavalry archers in the Tubo army, only equipped with bows and arrows and spears, and are extremely fierce for long-range strikes. They hid in the valley below the South Cliff, waiting for a call to rush up to the river bank and shoot**. However, Iron Blade Sinoro's eyes were sour, and he didn't find that ** started to build a bridge, but found that the dozens of soldiers who fell down to the river beach with ropes climbed up to the top of the cliff on the opposite bank. The ** on the top of the cliff on the opposite bank was noisy for a while, and suddenly the ** brigade moved slowly again, obviously giving up the idea of crossing the river here.
Ironblade Sinoro cursed a few words, and could only continue to follow along the coast. Now that he already knows that ** is not to retreat to the Tang Realm along the north bank, but to wait for an opportunity to cross the river, of course the Iron Blade Sinoro can't sit idly by. What he is most worried about is this matter, if he doesn't stop ** from crossing the river, maybe tomorrow a large number of ** soldiers will come to the city of Luqi.
Iron Blade Sinoro knows that there are several places downstream where the river is gentle, which is very suitable for building bridges, and if a suitable place is found, a bridge may be built overnight, which is absolutely not allowed.
Continue slowly eastward, for another two miles, and then stop again. The same situation happened again, this time maybe thinking that it was far away from the city, ** was a lot bolder, and even lit a lot of torches. This also makes it easier for Iron Blade Sinoro to see the movement of **. **'s sappers and horses were carrying a lot of thick logs, and even the bundles of ropes on the cart could be seen clearly, these two were used to build bridges, and the intention of ** was clearly revealed.
But it was clear that this was not the right place to cross the river, and a man on the bank of the river, dressed in yellow armor, pointed his hand and foot again, and pointed his arm to the east again. Although he couldn't hear what they were saying, Iron Blade Sinoro could still understand what ** meant. Obviously, they still have to go downstream to find a suitable location.
Ironblade Sinoro ordered to follow, but soon after he ran into a problem. Ahead was already the end of the valley below the castle, and the river bank was blocked by a large mountain. To continue watching**, either follow the hillside between the river and the woods, or take a detour from the north trail to the other side of the mountain. Walking along the cliffs, the thorny slopes of the mountain are narrow and difficult to navigate. The detour valley is a long way, the valley on the other side of the mountain is already more than ten miles away, and the detour will not be able to know the movement of **. If you build a bridge to cross the river in the north of the high mountain, wouldn't you waste your time in vain but you can't notice it.
After thinking left and right, Iron Blade Sinoro decided to lead his army along the slope between the river bank and the high mountains, he could not let ** out of his sight for any moment, and he must not let ** cross the river by taking advantage of loopholes.
After the order was issued, several Tibetan generals were very hesitant. Ga Zike stepped forward and came: "General Iron Blade, let's retreat to the city, the hillside path on the bank of the river is waist-deep with long grass and thorns and bushes, and it is not easy for my cavalry to pass through." And the road is too narrow, the left is the river, the south is the high mountains and dense forests, if you are ambushed here, it is amazing. ”
Ironblade Sinoro frowned and shouted, "**'s ambush? **It's all on the other side, are you blind? Where did this area come from? You are in charge of investigating the enemy outside the city, and the daily report says that there is no trace of ** on the south bank, are you lying about the military situation? ”
Ga Zike said in a continuous voice: "I don't dare to be lowly, it is true that I have not found any trace of **, how dare I lie about the military situation." Humiliation is just a matter of raising concerns in the heart. ”
Ironblade Sinoro scolded, "Worry about a fart! There is no ** ambush on the south bank, where is the ambush? Lao Tzu knows that you just don't want to work hard, and you will be happy if you drink wine and eat meat every day. I tell you, this time the Great Prime Minister and the Great General of Pibo Castle have given a death order, telling us to lose the city of Ritsu and wait for reinforcements, and if we lose the city, we will have my head cut off. I warn you, ** if you cross the river and capture my city, I will certainly lose my head, but before I lose my head, I will cut you all down and die with Lao Tzu. ”
Ga Zi was frightened and said: "The general is angry, the general is angry." ”
Ironblade Sinoro shouted, "Why don't you take the soldiers and horses to open the way? What are you rambling about here? ”
Gazi hurried away on horseback and led six thousand horsemen along the slope between the cliff and the high mountain, which was only a few feet wide.
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All the actions of ** from beginning to end are a play. It is true that the camp is going east, but the bridges along the way are false, Wang Yuan just hopes that this behavior will stimulate the Tubo soldiers and horses to follow all the way. Obviously, the Tubo people will not let the Jiannan army cross the river easily, all this is like a fat bait hanging the Tubo people to follow and monitor along the way.
When a large number of Tibetan soldiers and horses entered the slope between the north side of the high mountain and the river cliff, they had nothing to hide. Wang Yuan knew that it was finally time to close the net in this trick of luring the enemy.
In front of him is the bridge built by Li Mi, the simple bridge leads from the river beach under the cliff to the river beach on the opposite side, this pontoon bridge can only be used by infantry for the time being, and the baggage and horses cannot cross, but this is enough.
The Jiannan army all lit the torches, and the long dragon of torches spread down the stairs carved out of the cliff to the river beach, illuminating the position of the pontoon bridge. Wang Yuan knew that when the Tibetan soldiers and horses suddenly discovered this pontoon bridge, they would definitely understand that they had been teased.
Sure enough, Iron Blade Sinoro and his six thousand cavalry archers were dumbfounded when they discovered this pontoon bridge, **When did they build this pontoon bridge on the surface of the Shanbei River? Under round-the-clock surveillance, there was no movement to send troops and horses to build a pontoon bridge. A single small group of soldiers and horses was not enough to build a bridge over the mighty river, and such an act required at least a thousand soldiers to complete.
A buzz buzzed in the Iron Blade's head, and he suddenly realized that he had made a serious mistake. Seeing his men and horses crowded on the hillside in front of and behind them, struggling to move forward among the long grass and thorns deep in the belly of the horse, the iron-bladed Sinoro suddenly came to his senses, and Le Ma shouted: "Stop advancing and withdraw to the valley at once." Hurry, be quick. ”
However, it was apparently too late for him to wake up. The moment his words fell, countless creepy buzzing sounds rang out at the edge of the mountain forest. In the night sky illuminated by the bright moon, several dark clouds quickly floated to the top of the heads of the Tubo soldiers and horses with a howling sound, and then there was a scream and a sound of **. Countless arrows were shot from the edge of the woodland, mixed with the spear-throwing darts and poisonous ** of the Nanzhao soldiers and horses, and in just a moment, the Tubo soldiers and horses on the hillside fell several large pieces.
Iron Blade Sinoro was hit by an arrow in the calf, and the pain caused him to roar angrily, and he reached out and jerked out the arrow and threw it aside, and ordered in a loud voice: "Shoot back, fight back." ”
The Tibetan archers, who were masked and turned, finally figured out where the arrows were coming from, and they opened their bows and shot arrows into the woods. Screams were heard in the woods, and the enemy troops, apparently sneak attackers, also suffered casualties. But the enemy's bows and arrows were dense, and they fired wave after wave. One dark and one bright, one high and one low, obviously in an unequal position.
Knowing that he could not stay here for long, Ironblade Sinoro immediately turned his horse's head and rushed back and forth. A group of pro-guards around him rushed out together with the iron-bladed Sino. But the hillside was crowded with a large number of horse archers, and before they could turn their horses' heads, they were congested in the road ahead, blocking the way of Ironblade Sinolo. Ironblade Sinoro cursed loudly and told them to dodge the way, how could they dodge? Archers in the dense forest above, cliffs and rivers below, they are all dead ends, and there is nowhere to hide.
The iron-bladed Sinoro swung his knife and slashed to death a Tibetan cavalry archer blocked in front of him, and slashed the horse spine of the cavalry archer with another knife, and the war horse jumped and jumped off the cliff with the body of the Tibetan cavalry archer, falling into the rolling river.
When the guards around them saw that the iron blade began to kill, they also raised their knives and slashed, and all the mounted archers who stood in the back road were their targets. A group of mounted archers turned their horses back, cursing as they dodged the mad dog's blade and his guards.
The desperate escape of the iron blade also made the Tibetan archers lose their fighting spirit, and they also began to scramble to escape on the way. Suddenly there was a great chaos on the hillside, thousands of soldiers and horses, you to the east and I to the west, you to the south and I to the north crowded together, there were feathered arrows shooting overhead, and there were cliffs beside them. The tangled grass and thorns wrapped around the horse's legs and hooves, and the scene was simply a mess. The soldiers' horses pushed each other, many of them fell off the cliff for some reason, and many more fell off their horses in the confusion and trampled to death in the long grass from the north of the country.