Chapter Seventy-Four: The Secret Art of Lamas
Sun Kewang and I led the army all the way north, and we encountered no resistance along the way, and the march speed was extremely fast.
That night, as soon as the army reached the bank of the Yalong River, the spies in front brought a secret report that a lama with us, with a group of Tibetans, had crossed the Dadu River and was preparing to attack Chengdu from Meixian to the north.
Hearing this, me and I and Sun Kewang were highly nervous, because at this time, Tsering. Dorje has already arrived in Chengdu with another army, and if we don't intercept the current force, it is very likely that the Tibetans will have a momentum of slapping the door of Chengdu's itinerary.
So the army immediately put away its tents and pursued the Tibetans overnight.
On the way to chase the Tibetans, I once again saw hundreds of people dying in the fields.
All of them were beheaded and killed by Tibetans, and the tragic situation was even more terrifying than when Zhang Xianzhong was in charge of Sichuan.
Seeing the tragic deaths of the people, I was heartbroken, and secretly swore in my heart that I must fight Tsering. Dorje that brute.
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At noon that day, the army marched to the official road on the outskirts of Chengdu, and suddenly thousands of Tibetans and lamas appeared in the distance.
When these Tibetans saw us, they didn't seem to panic, they seemed calm.
And the leader turned out to be the Gesang Lama I met in the Shengjing Inn last time.
The old lama Gesang sat on a Tibetan-style palanquin, holding a string of Buddhist beads, looking at ease.
Seeing him suddenly appear, Lao Tzu didn't have to guess to know that he was definitely going to help Tsering. Dorje's.
So I quickly ordered the army to pursue it immediately, intending to annihilate it on the spot.
The soldiers of the Ming army had long hated the Tibetans, and when they heard my words, they rushed up like tigers and wolves.
At this moment, I saw Lama Gesang wave his hand, and thousands of Tibetans directly bypassed the official road and rushed directly into the woods next to the official road.
Seeing this, the Ming army chased after the woods.
By the time the Ming army chased them into the woods, the Tibetans had disappeared, leaving only a string of horseshoe prints.
After seeing the horse's hoof print, the army prepared to intercept and kill the Tibetans in the dense forest.
I don't know how long I walked in the dense forest, the Ming soldiers couldn't see the traces of the Tibetans for a long time, and the dense forest was dark, so the soldiers couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
At this moment, Sun Kewang's lieutenant suddenly said, "General, have you noticed that this dense forest is very strange!" ”
Sun Kewang restrained the soldiers, and Zhuma asked, "How do you say this?" ”
The lieutenant pointed to the horseshoe prints on the ground and said, "It seems that we have just arrived here, and now it seems to be back to square one!" ”
As soon as he said this, all the soldiers couldn't help but look around and look down, and they were really lost.
After all, Sun Kewang has experienced a hundred battles, and he said calmly: "Don't panic! This is most likely a trick by the Tibetans to mislead us by deliberately circumnavigating the horse. ”
That being said, I still vaguely feel that something is wrong, and I always feel weird.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and in the open space in front of them, groups of Tibetans suddenly appeared.
Seeing this, Lao Tzu opened his bow and took an arrow, and shot it violently, wanting to catch a live mouth and ask what was going on.
However, because there were so many trees, the arrow was blocked by a branch before it could reach the Tibetans.
At this moment, a deep voice said, "Emperor Chongzhen, we haven't seen each other for a long time!" ”
After speaking, several Tibetans walked out from a distance carrying a sedan chair, and the person sitting on the sedan chair was none other than Lama Gesang.
"Lama Gesang, I knew that you were plotting against my Han Dynasty, and Lao Tzu should have killed you when he was in Shengjing!"
"Hahaha!" Lama Gesang laughed wildly, and then said, "What is the plot? Why should this world be occupied by you Han people? If the Manchu Qing Dynasty can plot against the Central Plains, can't I, Tibetans, enter Sichuan? ”
"You make your father's spring and autumn dreams!"
After speaking, I waved my big hand, and the soldiers of the Ming army rushed forward.
As a result, before the soldiers of the Ming army rushed out of the 100 meters, suddenly 10,000 arrows were fired in the dense forest, and hundreds of people were killed in an instant.
Lama Gesang smiled wickedly and said to me: "The Han people have slaughtered my Tibetans for generations, and today I will use the Han method to trap you here and avenge the innocent Tibetans of all generations." ”
"Avenge your mother! Tibet is originally my homeland of China, and if you want to split the country, dream of it. ”
After saying this, I immediately commanded the troops and took out my shield to defend against the arrows.
However, as soon as the soldiers took out their shields, they heard a buzzing sound, and hundreds of Tibetan yaks suddenly burst out of the dense forest.
These Tibetan yaks were like being beaten with chicken blood, and they ran directly to the Ming army.
Where have the soldiers of the Ming army seen such a method of warfare, and they don't know how to deal with it at all.
What's even more fucking up is that the uniforms worn by the soldiers of the Ming army are just red. So after the yak saw it, it was like eating a stimulant and slammed into the Ming soldiers.
In an instant, the soldiers of the Ming army were in a mess, some were killed by arrows, and some were directly trampled to death by yaks.
Seeing this, Lao Tzu sighed: "I fucked your mother, I was tricked." ”
After saying that, I asked the soldiers to quickly take off their clothes, and then shouted: "Withdraw, withdraw!" ”
After hearing this, the soldiers of the Ming army began to run back, but no matter how they ran, they just couldn't get out of the dense forest.
The Tibetans, as if they knew our escape route, continued to shoot the Ming along the way.
Looking at the Ming troops who fell to the ground one after another, Sun Kewang, who had experienced a hundred battles, couldn't sit still, he gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, you are going first, Lao Tzu must kill the lama and avenge the soldiers!" ”
With that, he brandished his sword and prepared to rush into the depths of the forest.
I grabbed him and shouted, "General Sun, we have been tricked, and you will only be dead if you rush in." ”
"Then what about the emperor? Now we can't find a way out, this dense forest is like a closed entrance, there is no exit at all! ”
Yes, I also feel that the Ming army seems to have entered some kind of formation, and in this formation, the Ming army is like a headless fly, which can only drill around. The Tibetans, on the other hand, are like ghosts, hiding on every road that the Ming army must pass, and they can kill as much as they want.
Looking at the soldiers of the Ming army who died tragically one after another, I suddenly remembered that Zhang Zhao came to Nanjing last time and told me that the Tibetan formation was very strange, so he and Liu Wenxiu couldn't stand it.
At the time, I thought Zhang Zhao was trying to shirk responsibility, but now it seems that I have underestimated the Tibetans.
At this moment, the figures of Tibetans appeared in the depths of the dense forest, and they let out a whoop cry like animals.
Hearing the dense roar, the Ming army, who was already flustered, became even more overwhelmed.
At this moment, hundreds of random arrows were fired, and dozens of Ming soldiers died tragically.
"Your Majesty, what should I do?"
Sun Kewang was directly speechless, although he had experienced a hundred battles, he had never encountered such a situation.
What to do? Lao Tzu has just led his troops to fight, how the do I know what to do!
Moreover, the tactics used by Gesang Lama cannot be found in the war book at all, it is more like some kind of demon art, similar to the Nanban secret technique that Zhuge Liang encountered back then.
In this way, tens of thousands of Ming troops were trapped in the dense forest, and they could only defend the Tibetans on the spot, and did not dare to break through at all.
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Time passed little by little, and the sky gradually got dark, and from time to time I heard the savage cries of the Tibetans, like ghosts surrounding the dense forest.
However, it is very strange that although the Tibetans screamed, they did not enter the palace again, nor did they shoot arrows indiscriminately.
However, the Ming army experienced the previous chaos and did not dare to act rashly, for fear that it would be a trick by the Tibetans.
By the next morning, the cries in the forest had died down, and a red sun had risen in the distance.
Seeing the sun rising, some people proposed to walk in the direction of the rising sun, and definitely walked out of the dense forest.
However, the Ming soldiers were still very worried, so they sat still and did not move, fearing that they would encounter Tibetans again.
But buddy, I couldn't sit still, because I felt that Lama Gesang was most likely gone, and the reason why he wanted to trap us here was to get rid of us so that he could get to Chengdu safely.
Think about it, if he arrives in Chengdu safely, Chengdu will inevitably fall.
In such a situation, I immediately reorganized my troops and horses, and walked with my troops in the direction of the rising sun.
Sure enough, as I expected, the Ming army finally walked out of the dense forest in half an hour, and after walking out, they didn't even see the shadow of the Tibetans.
Seeing that the Tibetans had left, the army immediately pursued in the direction of Chengdu.