Chapter 471: The Last Uighurs
"Deputy Marshal, look over there, Julan is launching a decisive assault, damn it, mechanical crossbow, press it on me." When the captain of Gao Siji's personal guard was about to arrange for people to surrender on Gao Siji's side, he suddenly found that at some point, Julan, who was supposed to go to Tiele, was blowing the horn to summon his subordinates, and the sound of the horn was extremely desolate, with the determination of never returning, this is the famous song of departure on the grassland, and it is also the war song that all the grassland tribes must play in the final battle. Basically, when this kind of tune is played, it is the last time for a tribe.
"It seems that this Kulan does have this spirit, but it's a pity, let the mechanical crossbow be aimed at them for me, and send these grassland heroes on their last journey." Gao Siji saw that Kulan was the first to rush to the front, and tens of thousands of Uighur cavalry behind him, all of them looked dead and silent, but not one of them flinched, which was obviously the same as Kulan's thoughts, and he would not hesitate to sacrifice himself for the sake of the Uighur tribe to fight to the death. However, although Gao Siji admired but did not show mercy, the adjusted mechanical crossbow was launched at a rapid speed, countless rockets crossed the sky, and the piercing whistling sound brought all the explosions to the crowd of the Uighur army one after another, and the crazy explosion shattered the last hope of Kulan, and the Uighur cavalry charging in the first row had almost no chance of survival, all of them were blown to the ground, and at this time, the infantry of the two battalions guarding the Chinese army had also aimed all their rifles at the front line. Countless dense bullets whizzed out, filling the gaps after the explosions of the rockets, and countless Uighur cavalry were lowered to the ground. The first wave of the charge organized by Kulan was broken down in this way, and he himself was seriously injured, and the war horse under his crotch was hit by a stray bullet and fell to the ground, he himself was fine but was directly overturned by the fallen war horse, but fortunately, the guards around him desperately snatched him back. In fact, there is no way for Kulan to launch a decisive attack like this, after Chai Jia led the army to appear in the northeast direction, all the retreat of the entire Uighur army was blocked, and the original siege of Gao Siji was to leave a retreat so that all the Uighurs had a hope so that they would not have a death will to surrender to themselves, leaving a chance for them to surrender, but after Chai Jia accidentally blocked the retreat left by Gao Siji, Kulan in a desperate situation simply put down his last thoughts, and behind him were Uighur Predators who would not die in a hundred battles, As long as Julan didn't give up, then everyone wouldn't give up, so after Julan was rescued, there was almost no pause, Gao Siji faced the second wave of impact from Kulan, and this wave of Julan obviously took out all the strength, at this time the remaining tens of thousands of cavalry under his command were all put on the front line, and Julan ignored Tieler's order and rushed out directly.
"Order the whole army to prepare, this is the last wave of the Uighurs." Gao Siji's face was calm, not only did the Chinese army receive the order to counterattack, but the Modao battalion on the left flank also quickly detoured to the rear of Julan under the command of Shi Jian to attack from behind, the attack power of the Modao battalion was sharper than that of the Seventh Corps, and it was also more skilled in field warfare, countless bullets and shells rang out from behind, so that Kulan's decisive impact was disrupted at this time, Gao Siji seized this opportunity and ordered the mechanical crossbow to cover the two battalions under his command to launch a counterattack at this time. In this way, Kulan's cavalry was sandwiched between two groups of infantry, and countless explosions caused the cavalry's assault speed to plummet. The Uighurs could not change their face in front of bullets and shells, but the horses under their crotches could not do it, and after the explosion of countless shells, in addition to the huge lethality, the earth-shattering explosions and the clouds of smoke in the air made the horses unable to hold back after being frightened, and the cavalry charge formation was disrupted and there was no indomitable impact, which also gave the two battalions of Gao Siji's Chinese army a chance to counterattack calmly. With the assistance of the grenade at close range, he steadily blocked the impact of Julan, and also hit it against the trend.
After stabilizing the offensive on Kulan's side, Gao Siji had the heart to pay attention to the situation on Tiele's side, but what surprised him was that after Chai Jia and Wu Si'er joined forces, he directly broke up his offensive in a wave, Tiele's troops themselves were coalition forces, and they were directly blown to pieces under the continuous bombardment of the artillery troops, and even when Gao Siji's side was still counterattacking, that side had already begun to enter the final stage, Tiele also hoped that Julan could lead his troops to break through the blockade of Chai Jia's department with him and then open a way to escape, After all, although the city of Kubira was defeated, there were still more than 100,000 troops in the rear of Axiyan City and Gumo Prefecture, and even the Turgish and Qarlu in the north had promised to send reinforcements south, as long as they held it, there was hope. But what he didn't expect was that after Julan was blocked by Chai Jia on the back road, he didn't say a word, and directly blew the Liren song and began to launch a decisive charge, in a vain attempt to break the blockade in one fell swoop with the explosive power of the soldiers in a desperate situation, annihilate the opponent's Chinese army headquarters by the way, and collapse the opponent's command center in one fell swoop, so as to reverse the situation. But what neither of them expected was that the Tiance Army blocked the impact of Julan on the one hand, and on the other hand, it directly collapsed the coalition army under its command with lightning speed. Before Tiele could react, Chai Jia's troops had already rushed up and entangled with his own troops, and his action also made Wu Si'er's side start the same action, and the scattered coalition soldiers who were scattered all over the mountains turned into sheep in front of a group of Tiance Army soldiers who took the initiative to attack, and were driven to the rear by groups to disarm and then taken away. Each corps of the Tiance Army now has its own experience in capturing prisoners, there is no gap between you and me, and all the connections are very tacit, so in Tiele's stunned, his troops were hollowed out piece by piece and taken away.
"That's the Uighur Chinese army, rush up and grab the one in the golden helmet." On the battlefield, taking advantage of the dim sun, Tieler's golden helmet made the soldiers of the Tiance Army react, I don't know who was chattering, and suddenly countless soldiers of the Tiance Army suddenly went crazy and rushed towards Tiele one after another. This frightened Tie Ler, and began to flee desperately, but in a hurry, he forgot the golden helmet on his head, so as he began to flee, the entire battlefield also began to be extremely weird, and countless soldiers of the Tiance Army spread their feet and began to surround Tie Le. Even Chai Jia didn't stay idle and directly let the personal guards behind him step forward.
So many people surrounded and blocked Tie Le's range of activities gradually became smaller, but he had already reacted at this time, and his golden helmet exposed his traces in front of the other party at this time, so Tie Le took off his golden helmet in a hurry and threw it directly on the guards around him in a panic, and he rushed out again with a whip.
But at this time, there was a thing that surprised everyone, the golden helmet that Tiele threw out fell on one of his personal guards, but what he didn't expect was that the personal guard threw the golden helmet directly back with his backhand at this time, so that a golden light crossed the sky and everyone immediately shifted their attention to the fleeing Tiele again. One of Chai Jia's personal guards picked up his rifle and shot Tiele directly in the body, which directly knocked Tiele to the ground.
"Catch Tieler." After Chai Jia's personal guards roared, they rushed over without hesitation, and grabbed the fallen Tie Le in front of everyone. Tieler's shot just now missed his vital point, but he was injured in the shoulder and was quickly taken away. And immediately after the guard caught Tieler, he shouted: "All Uighurs, listen, Tiele has been captured, all lay down their weapons and squat down with their heads in their hands, otherwise they will be killed." The roaring Uighur reverberations reverberated through the area, suppressing all agitation and forcing a large group of coalition soldiers to lay down their arms with the help of one man. This personal guard named Wang Zhiwen was even sent to the Military Academy directly by Chai Jia after the war, and later Wang Zhiwen, who had been studying at the Military Academy for three years when the Tang Dynasty was fighting in other regions, once again exerted his excellent battlefield insight and reaction ability, adding his own mark to the glory of the empire and becoming a famous general.
However, at this time, Tieler's capture also meant that the nearly 100,000 coalition cavalry under his command completely lost the last hope, and a large number of hopeless coalition soldiers began to be captured by Tiance, who was blocked, and then all the men and horses were taken out of the battlefield to be guarded by the soldiers temporarily assigned to guard.
And when Chai Jia and Wu Si'er, who were free, sent troops to join the encirclement and suppression of Kulan, the battle had actually come to an end. Gao Siji even ordered Chai Jia to draw troops and start a direct attack on the already empty Kupila city walls. In fact, when Tiele sent the main force out of the city to participate in the battle, Kubiro was already an empty city, but Tiele sent a messenger to quickly notify the defenders of the nearby Asiyan City to hurry up to support for the sake of safety, but so far, the defenders of Asiyan City have not yet arrived. Taking advantage of this rare gap, Gao Siji planned to take Kupila City at one time, so that at least the Tiance Army would have a stable stronghold in this desert. Therefore, after the collapse of Tieler, Gao Siji immediately asked Chai Jia to divide his troops to attack the city and asked him to take the city as quickly as possible.
So far, Gao Siji has not had much mind to pay attention to what will happen to the battlefield on the front line, and if Julan is estimated well, he will not be able to catch it, and even if he does, he will not be able to meet his requirements. So Gao Siji put Shi Jian in charge of the command and gave Kulan and the Uighurs a decent funeral. As a result, Shi Jian, who was in command, ordered all the soldiers participating in the battle to surround the Kulan Corps, which was rushing left and right, and asked the artillery unit to concentrate its firepower on the area with all its might, and all the soldiers opened fire, and with countless bullets and shells, they held a funeral that shocked the entire Anxi for the remaining 10,000 Uighur cavalry. All the Uighur cavalry perished in the flames, and the desert became a veritable mass grave, with countless fragments of corpses buried in a large pit dug by the logistics forces responsible for clearing the field after the war, and this period of history was gradually blurred as the piles of loess were buried in the ground.
The battle of Kupila fought for a whole day, and when Chai Jia took the city of Kupiro, Gao Siji led the army into the city in the middle of the night, and the armies escorted the prisoners into the city on the one hand, and arranged for the wounded soldiers to enter the field hospital for treatment, and the Seventh Corps also specially dispatched troops to be responsible for the defense of the city, and after the whole night passed, when Wan Yi's command appeared in the sky at dawn, Gao Siji and others found that they had been busy all night.
However, after Wan Yi arrived at Kupila, he couldn't help but sigh when he looked at the bloody battlefield outside the city, Gao Siji also regretted it, but the two of them stood in the perspective of the supreme commander of the Tang Dynasty and the Western Expeditionary Army, but there was no way to pity the enemy at this time, although Kulan led the Uighur army at the last moment did not give up resistance, and the whole field was launching a decisive attack, but the will of heaven has been returned to the Tang, in the face of new weapons, although this spirit is tragic, but still can not stop the pace of the Tiance army's attack. As a result, the two men also took their eyes off the battlefield and began to look at the Uighur fortifications in front of them, which had taken months to build. The entire city of Kupila could be said to be well defended, and the Uighurs moved all the weapons they could think of, and the coordination of the various defensive weapons was also cleverly conceived, and if Tiele was determined to fight a defensive battle at that time, he was afraid that the time and energy required by Gao Siji to forcibly attack the city would not have been able to be done in a moment. In the final analysis, although the artillery is powerful, the final battle on the battlefield still relies on the bravery of the soldiers of the Tiance Army. Although the battle of the day was finally won, under the surprise attack of the Uighurs, the position of the Tiance army was also broken several times, and the damage caused by the defensive position of the cavalry assault troops caused countless soldiers to lose their lives.
"Don't look at it, Qin Yao heard that he is already studying the repeating rifle proposed by the emperor, if it can succeed, it will be time for us to end the cavalry, but I don't know when it will succeed." Wan Yi saw Gao Siji's thoughts and smiled, and then continued: "There is news from the rear, the emperor has already gotten off the train on the sandbank, and it is estimated that he will go to Qiuzi after checking the construction of the railway on the other side of the sandbank." We should also prepare, who are you going to put in charge of the command of the former corps? The Modao battalion will definitely not work, and they want the whole army to follow us back to Qiuzi to participate in the emperor's main sacrifice ceremony. Wan Yi asked as he took Gao Siji up the city wall.
"Why don't you hand it over to Chai Jia? Although he almost failed my plan to surround Sanqueyi, he was able to take Kupila in the end. Gao Siji thought for a while and smiled: "This guy has been avoiding me since he entered the city, thinking that I was going to settle accounts with him." ”
"Well, that's fine. The emperor came to Qiuzi to officiate at the ceremony, and I think it's time for the hearts of the people in the northwest to take it away. The deputy prime minister invited a lot of people to attend? Among them, there are representatives of other tribes besides our own people, and you Shatuo people have not yet chosen, so you can do it yourself. Wan Yi patted Gao Siji's shoulder, turned around and walked down the city wall.
"Shatuo people? Where is the last spirit of our Shatuo people? Gao Siji shook his head and smiled bitterly. Originally, he was the deputy marshal of the Western Expeditionary Army, and he had a higher and higher prestige and status in the Tang Dynasty with one victory after another, but this Shatuo people in the northwest always regarded him as a traitor, which is ridiculous to say, and even Li Cunqiao has been arrested, but the Shatuo people have always had a grudge against him.