Chapter 481: Battle at the City Gate
The attack of 100,000 Tibetan troops was like a fierce tiger, and if the Tang army did not retreat, it would definitely be torn apart by the Tubo people, who were already full of anger.
Therefore, as soon as the Tubo people moved, the Tang army immediately retreated to Qingtang City like a tide.
You are strong, you are strong, I will not clash with you head-on, and when you rush over and the momentum is about to be worn out, what awaits you is the high and deep city wall, and all kinds of crossbow arrows on the city wall.
The intentions of the Tang army were naturally visible to the Tubo generals, but at this time, these Tubo generals were already crazy, and it was impossible to stop them, and it was not a good thing to stop him now.
It's better to take advantage of this time when the morale is like a rainbow, and you can hit a wave of Qingtang City, and if you are lucky, you may be able to rush in.
Even if Qingtang City cannot be captured, this battle can also bring psychological pressure to the Tang army.
It can be said that if they keep maintaining such momentum, then the Tang Army will definitely be very afraid of them in the future, and will not even dare to fight with them.
Thinking of this, the Tubo general immediately drew his sword: "My brave soldiers, charge, use your bravest speed and the most burly body to bring destruction to these Tang Dynasty people!" ”
The Tubo general pointed his saber in the direction of Qingtang City, and then led his guards to follow a group of Tubo cavalry to rush in the direction of Qingtang City.
If their speed can be faster, they may be able to bite the tail of the retreating Tang army, after all, there is only one gate in Qingtang City, and it is impossible for so many people to rush in at the same time for a while, and as long as they bite it, then the Tang army will face a difficult choice.
Whether to abandon his comrades-in-arms and close the city gate, and then shoot his comrades-in-arms and the Tubo soldiers below equally, or choose to let the Tubo people follow their comrades to attack Qingtang City.
This kind of problem has been a difficult problem since ancient times, and it is not only a question of victory or defeat on the battlefield, but also a moral issue, so it is extremely difficult to choose.
Just like in the past, there were often some people who couldn't capture a certain city and grabbed some people around it as a human wall to cover them to attack the city.
Such a method would make the defending army very uncomfortable.
If they attack, they will definitely hurt their own people, and they don't want to go in their hearts, so if they don't attack, then the enemy will follow behind their own people and kill them.
And now, the Tang army in Qingtang City is facing such a problem.
And this problem was not only thought of by the soldiers on the city wall, but even Wang Zhe and others did not take it into account.
It's really because the speed of the Tubo cavalry is too fast, so fast that they have already killed behind their butts when tens of thousands of them lined up to enter the city.
"Mobilize all the archers and ballistae, and be sure to minimize your losses!"
Originally, they deliberately arranged this way to let the Tibetan cavalry rush into Qingtang City behind the army they had withdrawn to the city, so that those soldiers could just lead those Tibetan troops to the trap.
But according to the current situation, they still have to fight with the Tubo people at the city gate, until the Tang army blocking the city gate is exhausted, and the Tubo people can enter the city before they can continue to implement the next plan.
In this case, the Tang army would have to pay additional losses, Wang Zhe didn't want to bear such losses, he wanted to bring every soldier back safe and intact.
So he had to move all the archers and crossbowmen who had been lying in ambush in the predetermined place, as well as the crossbow carts, to the city walls.
First use a wave of arrows to kill the arrogance of those Tubo people, and wait until all your soldiers enter the city, and then let these archers rush back to ambush.
Although the time is relatively tight, I don't know if I can catch up in time, but now Wang Zhe can only do this.
Countless archers and crossbowmen rushed from the city to the walls, and after rushing to the walls, the archers barely had to aim, they only had to draw their bows to the full, and then shoot them.
Now the mountains outside the city are full of Tibetan soldiers, 100,000 people, think about what concept, it is not an exaggeration to use the word "all over the mountains".
They didn't need any accuracy at all, they only needed to shoot where they knew a lot, and they would definitely be able to kill some Tibetan soldiers.
However, at this time, Wang Zhe demanded that everyone must attack the Tubo soldiers who rushed to the front, no matter what, they could not let them bite the tail of their own troops.
After receiving the order, the archers directly set up their bows and arrows, and then fired at the Tibetan cavalry that rushed to the front.
Countless arrows rained down, killing the hundreds of Tibetan cavalry who rushed to the front in an instant.
The fierce arrows of the Tang army made the Tubo cavalry slammed, and the war horses under their feet neighed, and some did not dare to continue to charge.
There was no way, the hundreds of cavalry who rushed up in front were now shot into a sieve, and they continued to rush over, and it was still the same fate.
"Chong, follow them and rush into Qingtang City, as long as we can enter Qingtang City, we will basically win this battle."
The cavalry in front stopped, but the generals in Tibet behind did not intend to stop, but continued to urge the cavalry to charge.
There were even some generals who, in order to motivate the soldiers, directly let their war horses speed up in the direction of Qingtang City.
With the leadership of the generals, those Tibetan cavalry naturally did not continue to hesitate, but rushed forward with the generals.
After a pause of less than ten seconds, the Tibetan cavalry once again began to charge violently.
But what awaited them was the fierce arrows of the Tang army.
Countless Tibetan cavalry fell, and countless Tibetan cavalry rushed up.
The Tibetan cavalry charged one after another, and the Tang archers and crossbowmen on the city wall were not idle, and the Tang army at the city gate was not idle.
In the end, the Tang army returned to Qingtang City before the Tubo cavalry bit their buttocks.
"The archers remained on the ramparts, and the crossbowmen returned with their crossbow carts to the places where they had been arranged."
After the Tang army returned to Qingtang City, Wang Zhe immediately ordered the crossbowmen to continue to guard the originally arranged ambush site with crossbow carts.
The archers and some of the Tang soldiers still had to hold on to the city walls, and they had to wait until the crossbowmen were ambushed before they could retreat.
As soon as the crossbowmen and crossbow carts withdrew, the pressure on the Tibetan army was much less, and some Tubo cavalry even rushed into Qingtang City while the city gate was not completely closed.
And the Tubo cavalry that rushed into Qingtang City did not continue to charge deeply, but constantly attacked the counterattacking Tang army at the city gate, so that the Tang army could not close the city gate.
In this way, they will be able to let the follow-up Tubo cavalry continue to rush into Qingtang City.
As long as a large number of Tubo cavalry can rush into Qingtang City, then they will definitely win this battle!