The enemy is not just about escaping, Genghis Khan's escape tactics are the biggest factor in the rise of Mongolia in the steppe, later strategists like to call it kite flying tactics, two cavalry gallop in the same direction, run in front of the head to chase the arrow in the back, the person chasing in the back can only be shot head-on, and if the person chasing in the back to the front of the escape of the arrow, sorry, when your arrow arrives, at most can only shoot the horse's hoof print, the bow and arrow parabola between the two armies is like a kite line segment, The troops who fled in front used this thin line of arrows to pull the chasing army behind, hence the name of flying kites, running and running, Lu Dongzan found that the casualties of his cavalry were getting bigger and bigger, and the Tang army was now killed, and if they continued to chase, they had to chase these 80,000 people.

"The army stopped advancing, counted the casualties."

Lu Dongzan, who had a dark face, waved the order flag to stop the pursuing soldiers, and after a while, the counts of the various departments were completed, and there were as many as four or five thousand people missing, this time Lu Dongzan couldn't help it anymore, and a mouthful of old blood spurted out.

"Order all the departments to set up camp, and the major leaders will come to my tent to discuss matters."

When the Tubo people stopped marching and set up the camp, the 10,000 cavalry moved again, 35,000 cavalry appeared in the east of the camp, and 35,000 cavalry appeared in the west of the camp.

"Order all battalions to take a break and receive supplies from Qiuzi City, the Tubo people have suffered such a big loss today, they will not make any moves." Xue Rengui from the statistics of each battalion, the number of Tubo people killed and wounded today is more than 5,000, so now the number of Tubo troops is no more than 70,000, the most important thing is that he dragged the Tubo people for a day, and as long as it takes another two days, waiting for the ice city in the entire Western Regions to be completed, the threat of this Tubo army to the four towns will be minimized, and at that time, it is the time to design to wipe them out. "Great Minister, the Tang Army is inferior to us in number and combat effectiveness, but it keeps harassing us, it's really annoying, it's better for us to divide our troops and encircle them, kill them all, and then go to copy the back road of their main force. Let Zamp's army come over. "Zhisai Dang Ru Gongdun, as the second adviser under Songtsen Gampo, is also a capable general, and suggested to Lu Dongzan." Division? No, the land of the Western Regions is too vast, both the enemy and us are cavalry, and it is too difficult to encircle and annihilate them, but your suggestion reminds me, why should we keep an eye on their city and this elite cavalry, we can directly attack the main force of the Tang army in front of Zampu, they don't have so many cavalry, once they are attacked by us, they will inevitably interrupt the operation of pouring the ice city, and even if we can't take them, we can feign an attack and ambush this only elite cavalry of the Tang army that can rescue them. “

After listening to Gong Dun's suggestion, Lu Dongzan's eyes suddenly lit up, if there is anything that the ten thousand cavalry army must save, then it is definitely the Tang army camp, where there are only 30,000 Hu cavalry equipped with ordinary equipment, and most of them were sent out by Yanglin to find supplies, if they storm the Tang army camp, not only can they be interrupted from continuing to pour the ice wall, but also can lead this wolf-like Tang army over, and the possibility of ambushing and surrounding them will be greatly increased.

The Tubo generals also felt that this method was feasible, and after a day of repair, the whole army pulled out of the camp and rushed straight towards the direction of Guancheng, where Yanglin was located, which made Xue Rengui difficult, chase it, people will use their own methods to deal with them to deal with themselves, don't chase it! They are likely to attack the rear road of the Grand Governor, making the main front unstable, and making him unable to advance or retreat for a while. "Deputy Governor, there are nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses in the camp, and there is a solid fortress like a copper wall, I expect that the Tubo people will not be pleased, don't forget what a difficult person the Metropolitan Governor is sitting in the camp."

Xue Rengui's cavalry general said to Xue Rengui. "Xiao Ke, then in your opinion, how should we fight next?" Guo Xiaoke, the general of the Ten Thousand Cavalry Corps, is a rare wise general under Xue Rengui, and when Xue Rengui usually has something that he can't decide, he can make supplementary suggestions, but he has some insight. "How else can we fight, the Metropolitan Governor has already given us sixteen words of tactical mantra, we only need to resolutely implement the tactics, the enemy retreats and I chase, let's slowly hang behind the Tubo army, the enemy is stationed in me and then disturb, the enemy is tired and I will fight again, anyway, we are just making trouble for them, but we still have to send scouts to prevent them from ambushing us, I always feel that he marches in the direction of the big camp, or wants to lure us, but as long as we see through their ambush plan, we can also fight back against their ambush, When the time comes, we will contact the large battalion of soldiers and horses, and they will be surrounded and annihilated, and the battle can be decided. “

The more Guo Xiaoke said that his brain was more active, and he actually broke Lu Dongzan's strategy in one fell swoop, and Xue Rengui and several people listened to his words and mostly agreed, so Xue Rengui led the team to slowly follow Lu Dongzan and march in the direction of the Tang army camp Guancheng, but he used the army to be much older than Guo Xiaoke, while chasing, the team was divided into dozens of thousands of people, and on the night when Lu Dongzan was about to arrive in Guancheng, the entire 10,000 cavalry army had disappeared behind the Tubo army.

At this time, Lu Dong was depressed, and he couldn't find any trace of this cavalry, which made him very worried, and the scouts sent out did not return, and they were all sniped by the Tang army, he only knew that this cavalry was not far from him, but he didn't know their specific location, and he couldn't set up an ambush encirclement at all. "For now, we have no choice but to attack the fortified city." Lu Dongzan's strategy is two-way, even if the ambush is less than 10,000 cavalry, it is good to interrupt the main force of the Tang army to pour the ice wall.

In the Tang army camp, Yang Lin carefully read a letter from Xue Rengui, and couldn't help but appreciate this person a little, at this time, five days have passed, the cities of the Western Regions have all been poured ice walls, and it is already very difficult for the Tubo people to attack again, and in just a few days, more than 20,000 cavalry who are not very suitable for the environment here have annihilated more than 10,000 Tubo elite cavalry, which is already a good record, not to mention, he can still think of such a strategy, and he can't say that he has to cooperate with him well.

"Ordered the general of the city to lose his strength, tonight his command all removed the city wall, the grain and grass materials and the people were transferred to the front line of the valley overnight to camp, the reverse pouring of the ice wall, leaving only a hundred people to plant flags on the city wall, but where the Tubo people come to attack the city, just shout and bluff, once the Tubo people enter the city, then by the rope on the west city wall to flee for their lives, I will prepare horses for them under the west city wall, in addition, a Hu cavalry that should collect materials outside all assemble in the valley a hundred miles west of the city, Obey the dispatch of Xue Rengui, the deputy governor. ”

According to the agreement with Xue Rengui, Yanglin mobilized 30,000 Hu cavalry to Xue Rengui, so that Xue Rengui's strength increased to more than 50,000, and transferred all the 20,000 defenders and a small number of people in Guancheng, and poured an ice wall on the road leading to the front line in Guancheng, if Lu Dongzan dared to attack Guancheng, then Xue Rengui would attack his baggage camp behind, if Lu Dongzan broke through Guancheng and continued to advance to the front line, then Xue Rengui would enter Guancheng and freeze Guancheng, Coupled with the ice wall poured by the defenders of Guancheng on the main road, the Tubo cavalry will be trapped alive on the road between the front line and the Guancheng, with steep icebergs on both sides and impassable ice walls at both ends, and the Tubo cavalry will not even have the fuel to make a fire, and within two days, the whole army will be annihilated.

Sure enough, in the case of not finding the trace of Xue Rengui, Lu Dongzan can only choose to attack Guancheng, now the food of the Tubo army can last for a few days at most, he must find a breakthrough, early in the morning, the main force of the Tubo army is exhausted, assembled outside the tall Guancheng, because they attacked the back door of the Tang army to receive supplies, so the city gate was not poured to death by ice water, which made the Tubo people see a glimmer of hope for breaking the city, and because Lu Dongzan was worried about the ten thousand cavalry army that had been hiding behind him, he decided to explode all his forces at once, striving to take Guancheng in one fell swoop, the general trend has not allowed him to fail again.

Five hundred yaks lined up in front of the Tubo cavalry array, the sharp horns were tied with sharp knives by the soldiers, on the tail of the yak, a series of combustible wool was tightly tied to it, Lu Dongzan gave an order, the Tubo soldiers ignited the wool on the tail of the yak at the same time, this is the famous fire bull array of the Tubo army, once the yak with the tail burned behind began to run wildly, the yak in front of the yak will also be stabbed in the butt by the sharp knife on the horn of the yak in the back, the yak herd in order not to be stabbed to death by the horn knife of the companion, There will be no choice but to rush forward.

So with a "boom", the wooden gate of Guancheng was collapsed by hundreds of yaks, and Lu Dongzan really broke through Guancheng in one fell swoop. Hearing the nervous shouts of the Tang army on the city wall, and the fireworks of gas in the city, Lu Dongzan finally felt a glimmer of victory, and with a wave of the banner of the Chinese army, tens of thousands of Tibetan cavalry rushed towards the cave of the city gate like a tide.

"As soon as the Guancheng is broken, the Tang army camp will be completely exposed to the iron cavalry of our army, and all the soldiers will charge with me and take the Guancheng, and our army will win." Lu Dongzan's faith was restored.

Xue Rengui, who was dozens of miles away, was also excited, the main force of the Tubo army all entered the city, and he didn't even care about the camp tent behind him, he led more than 50,000 cavalry, and only one charge took down the Tubo camp with only more than 10,000 people guarding. Lu Dongzan can be regarded as cautious, in his budget, more than 10,000 Tubo elites are enough to keep his large battalion from losing, but unfortunately, he can't calculate that Xue Rengui's troops will suddenly increase to 50,000, with five enemies and one, the combat power of the Tang army will be infinitely magnified. (To be continued.) )