Chapter 446: Capture the Pass
Huang Haiming led the soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army and rushed to the opposite side of the bridge desperately.
The commander of the Tibetan army knew that he had been attacked, but he saw that the opponent was not large in number, and he had not yet judged the enemy's intentions clearly. He shouted and commanded the Tubo soldiers, who had already put on their clothes, to meet the Tang army that came to sneak attack.
Huang Haiming and others ran on the rope bridge, only to find that the bridge was shaky, they couldn't stand at all, they couldn't run, and they walked with less shaking, but faster.
Huang Haiming held a horizontal knife in his hand, fired an arrow from the ground, moved quickly under his feet, and quickly approached the opposite bridgehead.
When he reached the opposite side, he had already been hit by two arrows on his body, but fortunately, the arrows of the Tubo people were not sharp enough, and the Mingguang armor on his body was strong in protection, so his injuries were not serious.
At this time, the Tibetans also rushed over, and the two sides fought fiercely.
At this time, the assault team of the first regiment had already exchanged hands with the Tibetans, and the main force of the first regiment was rapidly approaching here.
Now that the Tibetan commander had seen the situation clearly, he shouted: "Rush up and cut the bridge!" ”
A large group of Tibetan people rushed towards the bridgehead together.
Huang Haiming and others held the bridgehead to the death and fought with the Tubo people. There are so many Tibetans, hundreds of them. Fortunately, the bridgehead is narrow, and they can't use it, and Huang Haiming and others can barely hold it.
The 20 soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army guarding the other side of the bridge, seeing that the situation on the opposite side was critical, hurriedly handed over the bridgehead to the first regiment commando to guard, and they also supported this end of the bridge.
The Tibetans realized the danger, and they desperately rushed upward, swords and guns were like a forest, and both sides suffered heavy casualties.
When the rest of the Flying Tiger Army soldiers rushed to support, there were less than ten Flying Tiger soldiers left around Huang Haiming, but fortunately, they arrived in time and barely supported it.
At this time, Ge Luohan arrived with the main force, and while he commanded the troops to encircle and suppress the remnants of the Tibetan army, he ordered the commandos to cross the bridge to support the Flying Tiger Army.
When the commander of the Tibetan army saw that the bridgehead could not be used, he divided a part of his forces, dispersed, and shot arrows at the bridge to prevent the reinforcements of the Tang army from crossing the bridge. Then he personally led people to rush to the bridgehead.
The commandos of the first regiment boarded the bridge and were immediately attacked by the archers of the Tibetan army.
At this time, Ge Luohan commanded the Tang army to annihilate the remnants of the Tibetan army, and immediately organized archers to shoot at the Tibetan archers to suppress their firepower. At the same time, soldiers armed with shields were sent to cross the bridge first to reduce casualties.
Seeing that the Tang army continued to cross the bridge to join the battle group, the commander of the Tubo army was so anxious that he personally rushed to the front and slashed at Huang Haiming with a scimitar.
Huang Haiming had been wounded in many places, and at this time he was fighting with three soldiers of the Tubo army, and the commander of the Tubo army slashed at him, and he could no longer free his hands to block.
Seeing that Huang Haiming was about to die under the scimitar of the Tubo commander, a soldier of the Flying Tiger Army next to him stretched out his horizontal knife to block the blade of the scimitar, and at a critical moment, saved Huang Haiming's life.
Huang Haiming fought hard and cut down a Tibetan soldier in front of him, and then faced the Tibetan commander.
More and more Tang troops rushed across the bridge, and Huang Haiming no longer had to be distracted to deal with other Tubo people, so he fought with the Tubo commander wholeheartedly.
The Tubo commander is skillful in swordsmanship, although there is still a gap compared to Huang Haiming, but Huang Haiming has been fighting fiercely for a long time, and he has injuries on his body, and the two sides have a draw.
Soon after, more and more Tang soldiers rushed across the rope bridge and joined the battle group, and gradually outnumbered the Tubo soldiers.
A squad leader of the Flying Tiger Army, after stabbing to death a Tibetan soldier in front of him, was about to find other Tibetan soldiers to fight. Seeing Huang Hailin and the Tubo commander fighting, he came over to help.
The Tubo commander was already very difficult to deal with Huang Haiming, and a squad leader of the Flying Tiger Army immediately began to scramble, he barely resisted two moves, and wanted to withdraw from the battle group.
Huang Haiming shouted: "Where to go!" A knife slashed at his shoulder, and the squad leader of the Flying Tiger Army stepped forward and added another knife that pierced his lower abdomen.
At this time, Huang Haiming was exhausted and sat on the ground.
Although the Tibetan officers and soldiers were very tenacious, the number of Tang troops was too large, and as soon as the Tibetan commander died, the Tibetan officers and soldiers fell into confusion and began to scatter and flee.
Half an hour later, except for a few who fled, most of the Tibetans were annihilated by the Tang army. The Don Army took control of the Eagle's Beak Pass.
After this battle, the Flying Tigers suffered heavy losses. Of the 50 officers and men of the Flying Tigers of a reinforced detachment, only nine survived, and all of them were wounded.
The combat effectiveness of the Flying Tiger Army and their tenacious fighting spirit left a deep impression on the officers and men of the First Regiment!
Ge Luohan immediately set up defenses to prevent the Tibetans from counterattacking, and at the same time sent people to report to the command the news of the capture of the Eagle's Beak Pass.
Amdo is the seat of the Northeast Tibetan General's Palace.
She Yebo was one of the four famous generals of Tubo, and was elected as the commander of the newly established Northeast General's Office, responsible for the military and political affairs in the northeast of Tubo.
On this day, he received a report that the Eagle's Beak Pass had been lost, and that the Tang Army's three cavalry divisions and two infantry divisions of about 60,000 men had crossed the Qilian Mountains, defeated the two county towns of Tanwei and Laigong, and had now surrounded Dariquecheng.
She Yebo immediately led the main force of the Northeast General's Mansion with 70,000 troops and the local army with 42 thousand-man troops, with a total strength of more than 100,000 troops, to the rescue of Riquecheng.
Under the city of Darique. Temporary command of the Don Army.
The deputy commander of the Tibetan Expeditionary Force, Nuo Haobo, and the commander of the Qinghai Military Region, Ashinahun, were watching the head of the Dariquecheng City.
It has been three days since the siege of Dari Bird City, the road of Qilian Mountain is rugged and difficult to travel, the Tang army did not carry large siege equipment, and 20,000 Tubo people relied on the tall city wall to successfully stop the Tang army's attack.
At this time, they received the news that Tibetan reinforcements were approaching.
Ashinahun said: "Your Royal Highness, Dari Bird City is really difficult to fight, and the reinforcements of the Tubo people have arrived again.
Judging from the comparison of troops, the reinforcements of Tubo plus the troops in Dariquecheng have a total strength of more than twice as much as ours, and this battle is not easy to fight.
We have conquered two county towns, taught the Tibetan people a lesson, and have achieved our goal of sending troops. If it doesn't work, let's leave. Anyway, the Eagle's Beak Pass under our control can send troops to attack them at any time. ”
Noho agreed with him, and gave the order to withdraw.
The Tang army was about to retreat, when suddenly two cavalry units of the Tubo people, each of about 3,000 people, appeared and attacked the 31st and 32nd divisions of the Tang army's infantry respectively.
The 31st Infantry Division of the Tang Army immediately organized a defense, but due to the haste of the battle, it was still broken into the camp by the Tibetan cavalry.