Chapter 120: Breakout
In five days, the Fan army suffered heavy casualties, but Qingyang was by no means unscathed, the casualties of the two armies were very different, but the number of the two armies was even more disparity, and the casualties and attrition in Qingyang City were thousands every day, and the soldiers who could fight from nearly 20,000 before the war became about 13,000 now, and the manpower was no longer enough to change in two shifts, but Fanzi's offensive not only did not weaken in the slightest, but became more and more fierce day by day.
The difference in numbers is irreparable, even if Fanzi dies twenty people in exchange for a life in Qingyang City, it is still the enemy who wins in the end
In this regard, Qingyang City's "original match, the think-tank Lord Sima is at a loss, of course, it is not his turn to worry about anything, there is a generalissimo of Zhengxi in the city, everyone sit back and relax, sit back and relax...... The fact is that since Song Yang led his troops into Qingyang, every action and every battle has been carried out steadily, step by step to the present, others don't have to bother, as long as they listen to his orders and carry out his orders, as a result, hundreds of thousands of Tibetan soldiers fell in front of Qingyang City and couldn't get up, such a brilliant result, but no one dared to imagine it in advance.
Song Yang stretched out a hand from the city and held down the head of the soldiers, so that the hundreds of thousands of troops in Tubo, who were invincible in the south and could not be stopped by the king of Zhenxi, stopped here, what a miraculous thing.
Nanli's most magical Hou Ye did another magical thing that made Nanli happy and inspired.
For this big war, Ge Sima has completely figured it out, and his heart is very down-to-earth, and the reason is no more than four words: there is Song Yang.
However, Liu Hou Taishou's opinion is not the same as Ge Sima, although he also trusts Song Yang, but after all, he is a military general, and his vision of the war is much clearer than Ge Sima: manpower is exhausted, no matter how magical Changchunhou is, it is impossible to block Fanzi forever with this little bit ...............of people in his hands, and Taishou can see that Qingyang will not be able to hold it.
People are sleepy and horses are lacking, the camp is full of wounded soldiers, Qingyang has reached the end of the strong crossbow, unless Song Yang can conjure up heavenly soldiers and generals out of thin air, otherwise it is a matter of time before Qingyang City is broken.
Sure enough, in the next three days, the battle became more and more difficult, and the army attacked the city several times on a large scale, if it weren't for the fierce masters like Song Yang and Luo Guan to suppress the formation and the powerful troops like Shanxi Man and Stone Guy who went crazy at the first sight of blood, Qingyang would have fallen long ago.
By now, the hives of the barbarians have long been thrown away. Without the help of wild bees, the defenders' control over the outer city gate weakened, and on the contrary, the impact of the Fan army on the city gate became stronger and stronger, and the four gates were all distorted and deformed, but they were not broken because of the blockage and support in the rear.
As for the casualties in the city, they are even heavier, and now the total number of people who can go to the city to fight is only 10,000, and it is decreasing every moment: of course, the more fierce the attack of the Fan army, the tougher Qingyang's resistance will be, even if it is on the verge of collapse, Fanzi wants Qingyang, or he has to exchange human lives.
In the middle of the night, Song Yang issued a decisive order: all the Nanli soldiers and soldiers went to the city, and the Uighurs, Shanxiu, Shanxiu, Shanxian, and Stone Guy withdrew into the city to rest and could not hold on, and Song Yang was ready to break through.
The military order came out, and there was no uproar in the stroke of the Nanli army, at first glance it seemed to be a "order to retain strength, suspicion, but a little pondering is a matter of course: breaking through the siege requires good soldiers who can rush and kill, and choosing strong soldiers is a decision that any commander will make: and more importantly, Qingyang is the city of Nanli people, speaking of the roots, the barbarians or the Uighurs, people are just here to help, this is not their homeland, this battle is not their battle, they can come, they can fight for so long, they have already confessed, What reason do the Nanli people have to let them be buried with this city?
In the final battle, the city of the Nanli people was defended by the Nanli people.
At dawn, the repaired barbarians gathered in the city, fully armed and neatly lined up, waiting quietly: the fire path people led people to the fire point in the city, and personally extinguished the flame that symbolized "the green sun is still there: the eagle lord from the 100,000 flood wilderness released the giant eagle that had been gathered around recently, and the black eagle got the guidance of the master, and flew to the south with its wings. Then Song Yang passed another strange order: to clear all the logs that supported the gate and to strengthen the city gate.
Liu Taishou was inevitably taken aback again, even if he broke through, he didn't need to remove the support and reinforcement of the four gates, right? Are you afraid that Fanzi will come in too slowly?
As usual, Song Yang didn't explain anything, but just smiled at Taishou and Ge Sima and asked them to feel at ease.
The city gate has long been shaken and fallen, the reason why it has not collapsed is all due to the support of the back, at this moment all the log sandbags were removed, and they collapsed without holding on for a while, Song Yang gave an order, and the whole army abandoned the position, and broke through to the south with the main force of the barbarians.
After Shanxixiu and the Uighurs took the lead, the Shanxi Barbarians became the main force of the Chinese army, and the stone guys broke off, the strong battle race from the feudal provinces was immediately launched! They don't wait for anyone, and it's best if the Nanli soldiers in the city can keep up, and if they can't keep up, there's no way to do it......
Since the burning of the city and the beginning of the official assault on Tibet, Qingyang, which has been holding on for eight days, has finally broken through the Qingyang, where the enemy has added countless new hún wild ghosts, and the four gates have been destroyed, and the Nanli banner on the head of the city has been swept away.
Almost as soon as Qingyang was broken and the defenders began to break through, more than 40,000 Nanli troops stationed in Pingjun from due east also rushed to the periphery and launched a fierce attack on the formation of the Fan army. There is no need to ask, they have already received Song Yang's order to cooperate with the soldiers in the city to break through.
The four gates were broken: the head of the city was captured: the inner city was on fire: the defenders were scattered and Qingyang was in chaos, and the relevant battle reports were transmitted to the account of the commander of the Chinese army like a flowing price.
A full three hours passed, the battle of Qingyang City stopped, the soldiers completely controlled this scorched black city, and the onslaught of reinforcements from the east and Nanli also ended.
After another half an hour, Marshal Tubo finally received the news he wanted most: Marquis Chang Chun ...... and fled.
It is reported that Chang Chunhou broke through from the south, and the fierce rush of thousands of barbarians made the Fan army in this direction feel pressure, and the most fatal thing was that at the critical moment when the barbarians broke through, the communication and liaison of the southern Fan army were greatly disrupted.
There are two main ways to quickly transmit information to the army during the war, one is the special product of the plateau, and the letter finches that can still be active in the inland, they have flexible minds and fast speeds, especially like to fly close to the ground, even if the "Kusa" on the grassland, it is not easy to catch them, the finches do not recognize the signal only the person, each team of 1,000 people in the army has a special "finch officer" during the war, the finch from the battlefield back and forth, a flash and chase beyond reach, it can also be regarded as a proud scenery in the Tubo army, but today all the finches seem to have the plague, They won't fly out of the cage even if they are thrown out, they will only cover their heads with their wings, curl up on the ground and shiver... No one noticed that a large black eagle was circling back and forth in the sky above the gray méngméng.
Another method of communication by Fanzi is that the horn of the special texture of "Order" is loud and easily transmitted to ten miles away, different rhythms represent different orders, and neighboring troops listen to each other and cooperate with each other. Relying on the giant eagle from the 100,000 desolations to suppress the spirit sparrow, but no matter how great Song Yang's ability is, he can't make the enemy's horns all become dumb, but it is not difficult to let the enemy array have a few more trouble-making orders. Qingyang had destroyed 100,000 Fanzi forwards, so naturally he was able to capture a few military trumpets, as for the specific order to advance and retreat, with Song Yang's poison and Ayigo's worm cup, it was really not difficult to force a confession from the captives. With a flurry of false orders, it will not confuse the enemy, but it will be enough for them to nullify this means of communication.
Without the sparrow and the order, the southern Fanzi can only rely on the cavalry to send messages back and forth, the efficiency is greatly reduced, although they have many men and horses, but it is difficult to form a timely cooperation in the breakthrough battle against time: the other once disappeared "Liu Jiajun, reappeared, came from the south, and the momentum rushed to the rear and responded to Song Yang, which caused a lot of confusion to Fanzi: and then the Nanli reinforcements from Pingjun attacked from the east, so that the Fanzi army in other directions caused "Changchunhou may flee from the east, Several reasons before and after the illusion were stacked together, and with some good luck, Song Yang led Da Man to successfully penetrate the enemy's direction and escape.
The main groove of the southern army has already led the elite to chase down, and it is the deputy general who has come to report the military situation.
The deputy general was worried in his heart, the battle of Qingyang was fought to this extent, it was far from enough to take the city, he had to catch Changchun Hou again, the other party escaped from his own jurisdiction, this crime is not small. Fortunately, the marshal was not angry, but asked in a deep voice: "Where do Nanban yearn to escape?" The lieutenant immediately reported: "It seems that the barbarian marquis should want to escape back to his fiefdom." ”
The marshal's face relaxed inexplicably, and he asked him again: "Why did the barbarian marquis flee to the feudal city?" His swallow flat is an open field, and there is no danger to defend. ”
The adjutant general didn't know how to answer, standing in place stunned, the marshal not only did not move the thunderous anger, but patiently gave an answer: "Because the barbarian understands that there is no decent city within a radius of hundreds of miles after Qingyang, and it will soon be swept away by our army, and he has no place to stay, and the only place to escape is the reckless mountain area behind the fiefdom." ”
As the marshal said, there are no fortresses to defend in a large area east of Qingyang, Song Yang fled to the rear, he entered a city, the soldiers destroyed a city, and was chased all the way to flee in panic, what magical marquis's name and prestige will all be knocked out, and he can only run around like a panicked dog being chased by the enemy: in contrast, fleeing into the mountains, in a roundabout way into the inland town or simply going directly to Phoenix, it is both safe and can preserve his prestige.
"The mountainous area behind Yanziping is the territory of the savages" The marshal's voice kept stopping: "Just look at the team under the command of the little dog surnamed Song, just say that he has a good relationship with the savages, and he fled into the mountains, and it will be difficult to catch him." ”
Perhaps because of his weak heart, the lieutenant general heard some danger from the marshal's words, and hurriedly said: "General Yubang is leading the elite to chase with all his might, and he will not let ......" Before he finished speaking, the marshal waved his hand impatiently and interrupted: "Chase with all your might?" Can you catch up? When the Song puppy broke through, there was a group of strange birds to respond, and the cavalry and horses were shocked when they encountered it, and they were unusable, and with only the infantry, the two tuǐ of the sons and daughters could outrun the iron feet of the barbarians and savages? If Yubang can really catch up with Song puppy, the antelope will be able to climb the tree! The words were very unpleasant, but the blame was not strong, just talking about the matter, and after that, the coach of Fanzi actually laughed, looking determined to be in Xiōng.
This time, not only the adjutant general of the Southern Army, but most of the generals in the tent looked puzzled, not understanding what was wrong with the marshal, only a few of the marshal's cronies also looked at each other and smiled...... When Guanzi is almost sold, he always follows Wushuai's side,
This time, the second commander and deputy marshal of the Tibetan Expeditionary Force asked others with a smile: "Don't you think it's strange that you haven't seen strength and pull out these days?" "Liheba is the nephew of the generalissimo, and he is also a general in the army, his status is not low, and he commands 40,000 horses, all of which are from his clan army, and he is deeply relied on by the marshal.
Without waiting for others to guess, the deputy marshal gave an answer: "The handsome Zhizhu is in his hand, calculated that the Song puppy will flee to Fengyi, as early as when the army is out of the Tang Tower, he sent Li and Ba to lead the people and horses of the headquarters to sneak to the barbarian Fengyi, Li He Ba lived up to the trust, led the troops to ambush day and night no one noticed, and arrived around the Fengyi early, in order to avoid the grass startling the snake has always been dormant, these days the army reports back and forth, he has found it clearly, Yanziping is empty, the barbarians in the fiefdom have long been withdrawn, and there are only some bald donkeys stationed in the auspicious place of Miaoxiang. ”
The deputy marshal said the reason, and the marshal no longer played tricks, and said with a smile: "When the city was just broken, I had already sent an order out, and the life force and the troops were drawn to capture Yanziping, sweep dàng auspiciously, and when Song Xiaopu fled home, there was only me in front of me, and my Tubo King Banner was in my eyes!" "Take the holy land of Nanli Buddhism, snipe, capture Nanli Changchunhou, this credit is much greater than breaking Qingyang, the marshal really does not avoid suspicion, and gives the first prize of this battle to his family, but if you really want to talk about the credit, fight Qingyang and lose the generals, if you are escaped by Changchunhou again, this battle will be defeated by Chai Cuo Tata and not give all the generals to punish the crime, everyone will burn high incense, how can there be a reward. The marshal expected the enemy to ambush the surprise troops, at least to make this battle a successful end, which would be beneficial to everyone.
Putting aside the word "merit, two words, Fan Bing has suffered enough in Song Yang's hands, from top to bottom, who doesn't look forward to capturing Chang Chunhou alive, and getting rid of this evil breath in his heart.
What should have been said has been said, and after the praise of the generals in the tent is served, the marshal will no longer delay, and the military order will be handed down, Qingyang City will be temporarily seated by the deputy marshal, count the results of the battle and clean up the battlefield, whether the people or prisoners of war in the city will be tied up and imprisoned, and then come to the end after the real triumph of the army: all the troops of the army are assembled, and the first section of the alliance that has been chased down with the marshal has also temporarily stopped, waiting for the army to act at the same time......
An army rushing to Yanziping?
The generals were relieved at once, the marshal was still sympathetic to his subordinates, and he gave him the credit for capturing Song Yang alive, but he took out the credit for sweeping Miaoxiang auspiciously, and shared it equally among everyone. If you think about it carefully, in fact, the great achievement of capturing Song Yang alive would have been a chance for everyone to grab: if he hadn't been allowed to escape and had taken him down in Qingyang, how would it have been his turn to gain strength and meritorious service.
As soon as the order was handed down, the Tibetan generals were encouraged, cheered and shouted loudly, and immediately went down to prepare. Not long after, the horn sounded in Qingyang, except for the deputy marshal and 50,000 soldiers left behind, all the Tubo soldiers assembled, and the army went straight to the Changchun Marquis Fengyi!
There is only a swallow warehouse, there is no fortress and no garrison, how can it be used to get such fanfare from the Tubo people?
The marshal has his own ideas, so that everyone is one of the credits, after all, this battle is far from over, and the fastest will not be over until the army captures Phoenix...... Not only ferocious, but also brutal.
Although Qingyang was broken, no matter in terms of loss, confrontation or attrition, the Tubo army was completely defeated, and the Marquis of Changchun used the battle of Qingyang to explain one thing to the Nanli people: a city and tens of thousands of soldiers can beat the Tubo people to the point that they are turned over on their backs, and the seemingly ferocious plateau army is actually not so terrible.
It is conceivable that the morale of the rear of Nanli is now vigorous, which is by no means a good thing for the Tubo people, and the generalissimo must suppress and extinguish this momentum as soon as possible, otherwise there will be a few more Qingyang Cities in the future, and this battle will really be impossible to fight.
If you want to break the morale of the Southern Barbarians, you have to make them feel that the Tubo people are terrible, and you have to use extraordinary means at extraordinary times, and the marshal has decided that the small cities after Qingyang, such as Pingjun, Jiaowu, Luoxian, etc., will not be surrendered before the war, and the whole army will sweep the city with the input of the whole army during the war, and all of them will be burned to char after the war...... The army of hundreds of thousands of people gathered and stormed those small cities, which is undoubtedly a great waste of manpower and material resources for "slaughtering cattle and killing chickens", but it is worth it as long as it can be used to raise its prestige and make Nanli people afraid.
The marshal wants to show his majesty, put on a scene, and show his ferocity to the people of Nanli, and at this moment he is mobilizing the army to kill Yanziping, which is the reason.
And there is a wonderful auspicious place in the Yanziping fiefdom, this place is the holy place of the Nanli people Buddhism, the totem in the hearts of the people of Nanli, the significance is far greater than the ordinary city, and it is necessary to deal with it to "destroy the withering and decaying"
For the Fan army, if you want to destroy the morale of the Nanli people, what better place is there than here? Hundreds of thousands of troops rushed up, and all the temples, holy places, Buddha and monks were swept away, which was the effect that the generalissimo wanted, and this was the "attitude" that the generalissimo showed to the people of Nanli
The vast army of Tubo is like the evil tide of the netherworld yellow spring, unstoppable,
The momentum was violent, and he swept towards Song Yang's lair and captured the Marquis of Changchun alive, burning the auspicious place.