Chapter 454: Under the Battle City
Under the sandbank city, the sun is shining, and the weather is still a little cold in the early morning. The pen fun pavilion www.biquge.info go northwest from this place, and it is the famous Yumen Pass. To the southwest, it is out of the Yang Pass for no reason.
Today, it should be a good day to travel far away, the peasant calendar records that it is advisable to travel far away, if it is the Tang Dynasty, there should be a flow of people here, through the Silk Road, to the west to sell goods and to the east to dig gold travelers, should be endless. However, since the occupation of Longxi by Tibet, this Silk Road has actually been broken, and the sea route has replaced the land route and become the new Silk Road connecting the East and the West.
Today, it is also a good day to fight, under the city of Shazhou, two groups of people are fighting hard, one side wants to regain the dignity and pride belonging to the Tang people, and the other side wants to maintain their dominance. Today, September 9 of the third year of junior high school, the Double Ninth Festival, it is advisable to climb high and travel far.
It's better to war, not to defend ... Tubo gathered 10,000 soldiers, only 3,000 people on one side of the sandbank, all out of the city, leaving only some old and weak defenses in the city, if the soldiers who went out of the battle failed, this sandbank city was also finished, so what to defend, that is, to put on a show.
It is very strange that there is obviously a huge disparity between strength and weakness, but it is the one who takes the initiative to launch the offensive who has fewer people to get Shazhou City, and the main general of Tubo, Tuoba Huaiguang, knows that he is finished.
I saw that he took the initiative to attack to meet the people of the sandbank, and set up a gossip array, and three thousand people lined up in eight small groups to form an eight-hanging shape. Originally, Tuoba Huaiguang was still a little disdainful, but the Tang people knew how to play tricks, what was the use of such a formation? It was impossible to resist the offensive of the Tibetan soldiers.
The Tubo people are brave, not to mention the ones he brought, they can't be said to be elite soldiers, but it's not that the people of Shazhou are hastily organized to be strong, which can be compared, it's not that you have some weapons, you can be a soldier, a good soldier, especially a veteran. No matter how much you train, it will be in vain if you don't accumulate it over time.
Recruits are not as good as veterans, one-on-one, a veteran can fight two recruits, a hundred veterans, can defeat three hundred recruits, if he leads three thousand veterans today, maybe dare to fight against Wanwu people, and there is victory to be assured.
However, today's situation on the sandbank is completely opposite, 3,000 recruits, and even their soldiers have promoted them, but they have just been trained to disrupt the people, and 3,000 people want to fight against me, the five thousand? You obediently defend the city, Tubo is relatively lacking in siege capabilities, and there are no engineering equipment when you come in a hurry, maybe you can delay a little longer and take the initiative to attack?
Originally, Tuoba Huaiguang was overjoyed and sneered, his lips were tightly closed, and he showed a little smile, known as Zhang Yichao, who was familiar with military books and full of strategy, seemed to be exaggerating, but he was just a scholar, did he think it would be useful to put this kind of formation?
The Tubo people have no array, they rely on a bone and blood bravery, and they fight a war, and they fight with a breath of blood, no wonder the Tang people will be taken away from a large area of land by our Tubo, if it weren't for the woman who set up a pseudo-king and let Tubo split, we would have conquered Chang'an a long time ago.
Tuoba Huaiguang, completely forgetting that the Tubo people actually suffered more losses in the hands of the Tang people Back then, the Tubo coalition army of 200,000, although they captured the city, they were finally driven back in embarrassment, and several defeats, even the main general was captured. And since then, the Tubo people have been going downhill, and they still captured Chang'an? It doesn't matter, about how powerful the Tang army is, someone will soon help him remember.
The two sides gradually got closer, and gradually approached the firing range of the Tibetan soldiers, and the Tubo were at the forefront of a group of archers. At this moment, they all stopped, waiting for the Shazhou people to approach and immediately deliver a blow, and give the enemy a long-range fire strike before the battle, not only the Tang people can do it.
I saw that the front row was a group of infantry wearing cloth robes and not even armor, which was supported by Yongdongdai. Riding a horse and wearing leather armor, this is also Gui Dongdai archer. It's just that some people ride horses and don't get off their horses, their bows are relatively short, and their melee weapons are long, which they keep next to their hands and can be changed at any time. The other group dismounted, and they also had bows, but unlike the riders, their bows were long, and they had to dismount and fire.
However, this is the purpose of the original purpose, they will bow long, not because of the bow length, they must dismount and shoot.
The noun explains, Yongdong Dai support, this is a kind of light infantry, can throw stones, and the weapon is a sword or mao. The Gui Dongdai archers, on the other hand, were horseback archers, and their weapons were bows and mao or swords. The difference is that some of them are dismounted archers, they are similar to dragoons, riding archery is impossible, it is dismounted to shoot arrows, mounted and transferred. The real cavalry archer is the Gui Dongdai archer, so the bow is shorter.
However, it is also very difficult to get them to perform slow tricks like the Mongols. It's not that you can't shoot, it's just that you can't shoot your head, it's just a waste of bows and arrows.
What does this Gui Heyong and Dongdai mean? During the reign of Nie Qi Zanpu, the king of Tibet, he reformed the tribal form of Tibet and set up four garrisons to defend the king. Forty-four Haonu Dongdai were in charge of military affairs, and forty-four slave tamers were in charge of internal affairs and production.
Dongdai is the meaning of a thousand households, a bit similar to the Mongolian system of a thousand households, on which are ten thousand households, Ru. According to the geographical distinction, there are only five ru.
Each Ru is divided into two divisions, each with the Ru chief as the supreme commander and administrative head of the region, and the chief of the largest local clan. Under the chief of Ru, there is an assistant deputy and a judge.
Among them, only the four garrison guards of Gongwei Zampu were all households, which were like nomads, who herded sheep in peacetime and gathered to fight when needed in wartime.
However, during the Tang Dynasty, the most prosperous reign of Chisong Dezan in Tibet was carried out, and he abolished the slave taming Dongdai and merged it into sixty-one Haonu Dongdai.
This system, originally in the sandbar and the land of the river, was also obtained, but it was just for show, the Tubo people did not even pay attention to production, and the light would be rampant, where would they dare to reuse the Han people.
As the battle line approached, the Tubo people stopped, and the Shazhou people also stopped, Tuoba Huaiguang felt that something was wrong, but it was too late. In the middle of this gossip array, there is actually a herd of cows.
A group of cattle is not terrible, the Tubo people eat a lot of cattle, known as the boat of the plateau to get fashionable cattle, there are many uses, and the meat quality is also good. However, if this herd of cattle still has sharp knives tied to their horns, then it is not fun.
If a sharp knife is tied to the horns of the ox, and the tail of the ox is still on fire... It's not about whether it's fun or not, or whether the beef is good or not, but about being eaten, and the cow is going to eat people.
When looking at this group of cattle, Tuoba Huaiguang knew that everything was over, and the Shazhou people showed their front formation and lit the tail of the ox, and the herd of cattle was like crazy, and they launched a charge in a frenzy. Don't talk about cows, people's buttocks are on fire, and they will go crazy.
Originally, the distance between the two sides was shortened because the two sides were constantly approaching, and now there is not much distance, Tuoba Huaiguang still wants to win in defeat, "release arrows, release arrows." Shoot them and the strikers move forward, blocking the herd. ’
Tuoba Huaiguang's order was not wrong, but he overestimated the ability of the Tubo soldiers and released arrows? That group of Yong Dongdai supporters, just ordinary dead people, not professional soldiers at all, usually responsible for labor and taxes, do you expect him to work hard now? What's more, what do they use to fight, relying on the stones in their hands?
Of course, they have to use the sword and Mao in their hands to resist, let them be a professional warrior for Gui, block the fire ox, and block it with their lives. So, they immediately dispersed, who is so stupid. The Tibetan soldiers died in battle, but they did not get compensation.
What's more, they already have to bear all the logistics chores, and they have to support the operation by the way, and now they have to fight hard? Let those majors do it.
As soon as they dispersed, those panicked, Gui, hurriedly shot a round of arrow rain, regardless of whether there was an effect or not, they had to get on the horse immediately, turn around and run, those riding horses Gui, it was even faster, and the horse ran away with a flick.
These cattle gathered by the people of Shazhou are usually used to plough the fields and pull the cart, don't look at their usual slow movements, when the tail is on fire, they are crazy about the cow, but they do their best, galloping like electricity, and soon there are slow runners, who are bull to the sky, otherwise they are pierced by sharp knives and dragged to run.
Otherwise, they were trampled under the feet of the cows, and they screamed twice and then they were silent, and when the herd passed, there was something left on the ground that resembled a human form...
This stimulated them to run faster. What's even more tragic is that except for some of them, who run on both sides, others actually follow human instinct and go to crowded places.
If they run like both sides and preserve their strength, maybe the Tubo people still have the capital of the plate, but they actually rushed straight to the main formation, and I don't know if they are huddled together to keep warm, or they are also very smart, I don't need to run fast, I just need to run faster than others. Then, the Tibetan formation collapsed.
Originally, Tuoba Huaiguang still had the strength to fight. His main force is behind, and he is supported by Wuru close attendants, which are noble servant guards, with armor and swords, although they are servants, but the equipment and training are much better than those Yongdongdai support.
There are also Wuru shooters. These are even more heavily armored, although because of the environment and production capacity of Tibet, they are all leather armor, but the defense is also very high. It's just that they were first hit by their own soldiers and horses, and they were stunned to see Tuoba Huaiguang.
He doesn't understand, otherwise he will definitely say that he is really not afraid of god-like opponents, but afraid of pig-like teammates, and he can be miserable by pig teammates now.
Go to both sides and order them not to rush into their own formation. Rushing to kill them', Tuoba Huaiguang hurriedly ordered them to pass from both sides, now is not the time to pursue them. In the end, the military order still had an effect, and the Chinese army was slightly disordered for a while by the impact of his own people. In the presence of military orders, the butcher's knife was waved at these routs.
The defeated soldiers retreated to both sides. It's just that this also delayed time, don't forget that there is a group of fire bulls who don't understand the Tubo military order behind.
But it's meaningless, even if you can understand it, you still listen to the words of the Shazhou people, after all, it wasn't raised by your Tufan people.
When the fire ox completely rushed into the Tubo army, the Tubo people couldn't resist it. The Wuru close attendant of the Chinese army's forward did not flee like the front line, and was very dutiful to resist with his life, creating opportunities for the Wuru shooters behind.
Wuru shooters are too, arrows are sprinkled like rain, and they don't live up to the opportunity created by the Wuru support in front of them with their lives, everyone is crazy, desperately drawing the bow, and shooting the fire bull in the back.
Everything seems to be improving, the people of Shazhou are running for the bulls, as long as they are blocked, there will be a turnaround, even if there are some losses, the Tubo people still have more than 10,000 troops, not just 3,000 Shazhou people can resist.
Judging from this performance, Tuoba Huaiguang's army is still good, and those in front of him will be dispersed if they are scattered, and as long as the war is over, they can be re-recruited. It's just, will Zhang Yichao give them this opportunity? Don't forget, the people of Shazhou are right behind.
The fire bull was so crazy that it broke into the formation of the Tubo people, some were killed by barrels, and more stabbed to death the people who stood in front of them, and then they were killed by the side, as for the arrows? It's not accurate, and besides, it basically only irritates these mad cows even more.
As a result, the Tibetans failed to stop these mad bulls after all, allowing these fire bulls to penetrate the formation and suffer heavy casualties. Then, the Shazhou people rushed over, they were not forming a gossip array, they directly lined up in a sharp array, forwards, helmets and armor, all dressed in leather armor taken from the Tubo people, followed the fire ox to take the lead, and rushed into the scattered formation of the Tubo people.
The Tubo people had just been attacked by a group of fire bulls, with heavy casualties, and were rushed by the Shazhou people, and the whole formation was suddenly chaotic, and they couldn't form a formation to resist the Shazhou people, even if they had already attacked hard, but these Shazhou people, each like crazy, exchanged their lives for their lives, and they had to be stabbed.
What's more, the Tubo people can only fight alone, and the Shazhou people still have a basic structure, three people in a small team, one to block the Tubo weapon, and two people will be stabbed to death immediately. This is the rear army, and the front forward, regardless of the desperate rush to the middle army.
'General, we can't hold it, let's get through it first. The battle was urgent, and Tuoba Huaiguang's guards, holding his horse rope, shouted, 'What are you talking about?' Tuoba Huaiguang scolded angrily, and shook off the guard, "No retreat, no retreat." ’
If he could have run, he would have retreated a long time ago, there was no need to fight with a group of mad cows, and there would not be so many casualties. But he can't retreat, he can't even mess up the formation, the people of Shazhou are following behind, if it's chaotic, he can't resist it at all.
In the era of cold weapons, the formation was very important, and even in the era of flintlock guns, for the sake of firepower density, they had to line up to shoot and maintain the formation. Otherwise, once the formation is messed up, it will simply be slaughtered by others.
And it is the same if he retreats, it is equivalent to announcing that the Lord will retreat, the morale will be completely dispersed, the team will be chaotic, and it will be almost impossible to gather.
Of course, it's not completely impossible, after all, they dispersed, and after all, they still returned to their own territories, but they don't know how much time it will take to regroup. Besides, even if the newly defeated soldiers were gathered, it was unlikely that they would fight immediately.
He was worried that if he could not suppress the resistance of the Shazhou people this time, several other urban agglomerations would follow suit, and at that time, this Liangzhou would be lost.
So no matter what, he can't retreat, it's just that manpower is sometimes poor, and he can't get it whatever he wants. (To be continued.) )