Chapter 172: Turning Defeat into Victory
"My lord, we can't stop the enemy." Tang Jun reported to Li Shan.
"If you can't stop it, you have to block it, everyone goes up with me, ten people stand in a row, the first row goes first, the followers follow, and the retreaters cut the front team." Li Shan rushed over with his soldiers.
Darangpa was already unstoppable, and rushed into the city gate with the Tibetan army, and there was no enemy everywhere he went. Seeing Li Shan rushing over, he overturned a group of Tang troops with a spear and killed Li Shan.
The commander of Tubo has an order to capture Li Shan alive, and they already know that the thunder is made by Li Shan.
"Li Shan be careful." Just when Dalangba was only a dozen meters away from Li Shan, Shen Shixing slashed out in the air, stopped in front of Li Shan, and fought with Dalangba.
Shen Shixing has deep internal strength and equestrian skills, and he and Da Langba are chess opponents, and the two do not give in to each other.
"There are too many Tibetan troops, we can't hold on."
The troops led by Li Jingxuan were unexpectedly beaten out of the city gate by the Tubo army, and the gap in the city gate was opened, and the Tubo army was about to enter the city.
Li Shan was also about to crack at this time, there were too many enemy troops, and if it continued like this, I am afraid that it would not last for a quarter of an hour, and the Tubo army was about to break through the urn city, should it retreat to the urn city? No, you can only hold on, and start a white-knuckle battle next to this city gate.
"Brothers, kill the city and take back the gates. Now that there is a battle against the water, breaking the city is a death, and dying will have to pull a few cushions. Li Shan's eyes were also red.
"Reinforcements have arrived, and the Tubo army is in chaos."
At this moment, good news suddenly came from outside, a team of Tang troops came out from the flank, killing the Tubo army in a big chaos.
"Gao Xianzhi, you're finally here." Li Shan looked at the Tang army outside the city and knew that Gao Xianzhi's side had already succeeded.
"The ancient town is broken, the Tubo army has no place to stand, brothers, our reinforcements are coming. Kill them, kill them without leaving a piece of armor. Li Shan shouted, his voice was hoarse.
The Tang army, who rushed over, also shouted: "The ancient town is broken, and the Tubo army is a lost dog, kill it." ”
The Tubo marshal looked at the Tang Jun who suddenly killed him, and said angrily to the people around him: "What's the situation? The old town is broken? Why is there no news from our side? ”
"The last general hasn't received any news, so I'll light a wolf smoke and send a message."
"It's still a fart, don't you see that the army's heart is already messed up?" You all killed me, you must stabilize the morale of the army, the local troops are less than ours. Can't beat us.
Although there are few Tang soldiers, firstly, the formation has the advantage of flanking on both wings, and secondly, the Tang army is full, and the Tang army brought by Gao Xianzhi has rested and is very full of physical strength.
On the other hand, the Tubo army, yesterday's exhaustion of attacking the city, coupled with the lack of military food, was already sleepy and lacking horses, and the Tang army said that the ancient town was broken. is even more flustered, and has lost his fighting spirit.
"Brothers, the time has come to fight back, don't give them a chance. Kill the past and take the Tubo Shuai account. "Capture the thief and capture the king first, Li Shan and Li Jingxuan took the elite cavalry directly out of the city gate and only rushed to the Tubo handsome tent.
"Dashuai, we have already lost. The enemy is coming this way, so let's retreat first. ”
"Dashuai, there is no response from the direction of the ancient town. I'm afraid it's already lost. We can only withdraw from Liangzhou now. ”
"Marshal, our army has been dispersed, let's withdraw quickly."
When the Tubo marshal heard the bad news one by one, his heart burned with anger, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. He could never have imagined that he would fight such a wretched battle with the advantage of troops and the trap he set.
"Withdraw."
At this time, Gao Xianzhi and Li Shan converged, "You are really slow, if you are one step late, we will not be able to take it here." ”
"The end will be late, and your lord will forgive your sins." Gao Xianzhi pleaded guilty in a serious manner.
Li Shan smiled: "I'm kidding you, why are you doing it so seriously, it's not interesting." Come, let's rush into the tent of the Tubo marshal and capture the Tubo marshal alive. ”
However, after all, the Tubo army was outnumbered, although it was a rout, but the Tang army was also seriously damaged, and there was no more energy to pursue, and finally failed to capture the Tubo marshal.
Time goes back to a day ago, before the troops, Li Shan's arrangement.
"Their ancient towns will be empty, as long as we contain their main force and take the opportunity to take the ancient towns, they will definitely be in turmoil."
Gao Xianzhi asked, "But how do you contain them?" ”
"Didn't they try to arrest us? Let's let them catch it, and I'll be the bait to go to Zhangyi Town as reinforcements to attract the Tubo army. Shen Shixing, you lead your troops to the north of Zhangyi Town, and take the opportunity to take Zhangyi Town. The air defense of Zhangyi Town is weak, and after being attracted by me, there must be not much of the defenders left. I order you to use 3,000 elite soldiers to attack Zhang Yizhen, and be sure to take Zhang Yizhen, this is the only bargaining chip we can fight with them. Gao Xianzhi, the remaining 30,000 people, I will hand it over to you, and I will definitely take the ancient town for me before dawn tomorrow. When the time comes, rush to our aid and take him by surprise. ”
Li Shanye's arrangement can be described as bold and exquisite, and he is well versed in the art of war.
The Tibetan army thought that they had set a trap, so they were careless, focusing only on the offensive and neglecting the defense. Li Shan won with a surprise soldier, and took Zhang Yizhen first when he was unprepared, as a defensive base.
Taking advantage of the speed of the cavalry, he took the Tubo army around Zhangyi Town in a big circle and found an opportunity to return to Zhangyi Town.
At the same time, Gao Xianzhi took the remaining Tang army, under the cover of night, and took the opportunity to sneak attack the ancient town.
In order to encircle and suppress the Tang army, the Tubo army also used too many troops. There were only 10,000 defenders in the city, and Gao Xianzhi took advantage of the night to sneak attack and succeed in one fell swoop. What's more, under the cover of night, the Tubo army had no chance to pass on the news at all, and the Tubo marshal here was busy attacking Zhangyi Town, so he didn't notice that the ancient town had been captured.
The Tubo army in the ancient town didn't expect the Tang army to sneak attack them at this time, and they were caught off guard, and in the night, the role of wolf smoke could not be played. If it is daytime, as long as there is a little wolf smoke, it can be seen dozens of miles away, and the Tubo army can be alert. But they didn't make it to the next morning.
These news teams were fatal blows to the Tibetan army, and after a fierce battle all night, the army was short of food, the city was breached, and the local strong reinforcements were added. The Tubo army, which had the advantage, completely lost its fighting spirit, and the Tang army, which had fought against the odds before, knew that breaking the city was the end of death, and its tenacious persistence also brought great trouble to the Tubo army.
There are clouds in the book of soldiers, the mourning soldiers will win, and the arrogant soldiers will be defeated. The defeat of the Tibetan army was already doomed.
After this battle, the Tubo army was greatly damaged, with more than 40,000 casualties, and even lost two cities, the ancient town and Zhangyi Town. There is no place to stand in Liangzhou, so he can only retreat to Dafeichuan and prepare for war. (To be continued.) )