Chapter 16: Attack and Defense of Nanzhao (Part II)
"King, this can't be done, what we can't attack is for now, only to defend the city!"
The casualties of the Nanzhao soldiers were too great, but Ge Luofeng was still boosting morale, ordering the soldiers to keep charging, and a confidant general couldn't help but persuade.
Ge Luofeng looked at the black background red emblem Tiance military flag fluttering in the wind in the distance, his fists were clenched tightly, and the green tendons on the back of his hands burst out, this military formation of only 3,000 people had swallowed the lives of too many Nanzhao soldiers.
It's not because the soldiers of the Tiance Army on the opposite side are good at fighting, nor because their generals are skillful, it's just because their soldiers are strong and their weapons are advanced.
Ge Luofeng's heart is dripping blood, his father and son are both a generation of heroes, heroic, painstaking, and hardworking. From the time of the Six Edicts, secret agents were sent to the Five Edicts to inquire about the news, assassinate the leaders of the Five Edicts, and bribe Tang officials; instigated Zhu Jiao to kill Zhu Lingqian, and Nanzhao came out again to clean up the mess; and then turned against the Tang Dynasty in the future, constantly showing weakness and repeatedly defeating the Tang army...... The small Mengshe edict was only six edicts together, and it survived and developed in the two major powers of the Tang Dynasty and Tubo.
The dream of several generations of ancestors is to be able to control their own destiny and become the real master of this land, so that Nanzhao can quickly become a big country standing with the Tang Dynasty and Tubo.
Over the years, I have been working hard for this dream every moment, and I think that all these things I have done are quite perfect, and I will feel very proud even when I think about it. Seeing that the efforts of generations of our ancestors are about to bear fruit, my lifelong dream is about to come true......
But now it's all about everything, all the effort. In the Tiance Army, it was smashed out with money. Armed with the most advanced weapons, in front of an army of monsters. They were all beaten to pieces, how could he not hate! While lamenting, more are still unconvinced!
Last night, he had a wonderful dream...... The Nanzhao army defeated the Tang army several times, and finally the Tang Dynasty had civil strife, Nanzhao took the opportunity to grow, and the soldiers almost hit Chengdu, and Nanzhao became a big country like Tubo, Tang and Hui. Possess the same status......
In that dream, the Tiance army did come to Nanzhao, but it was not 20,000, but 3,000, and the 80,000 army that followed Mi was lured deep by himself, and the soldiers and horses were injured by the miasma and polluted water sources, and the combat effectiveness was greatly reduced, and finally almost all the troops were wiped out under the attack of the Nanzhao army and the Tubo army...... In that dream, there was no Lanling Wang Xiao to get sick!
"Keep attacking!" Hear the persuasion of this confidant general. Ge Luofeng turned his head and looked at the other party coldly, and shouted loudly: "Even if it costs a lot of money." We must also break through the military formation of this Tiance army and annihilate them all! The lonely king asked for the Tiance military flag. ”
The general named Luo Wangba looked at Ge Luofeng with a puzzled and distressed expression, not understanding why the king, who had always been wise and wise, was so irrational today.
Ge Luofeng's eyes were red, and his eyes were just staring at the Tiance army formation in the distance that was constantly devouring the soldiers of Nanzhao: "The reason why my Nanzhao was able to unify the six edicts and merge the Fu clan from a small Mengshe edict with a population of only 100,000 to such a large scale now, what does it depend on?" ”
Since the age of thirteen, he has followed the first generation of Yunnan King Pi Luo Ge to fight everywhere, and naturally knows the hardships and dangers, and the sacrifices and efforts he has made. But at this time, I wanted to ask him what he relied on, but he couldn't say for a while, just stared blankly at the king whom he respected incomparably.
Ge Luofeng's tone was a little slower at this time, and his tone was much lower: "What do you rely on?" It depends on our unity of heart and determination to forge ahead without fear of hardships and dangers; relied on the bloody battles of countless Nanzhao Erlang.
Before the Yue analysis edict in the gift of Hushui and the southern edict to fight, and then there were three waves (Langqiong Zhao, Xuan Zhao and Shi Lang Zhao) joint forces to attack, the situation is so critical, we have achieved the final victory, relying on the strong force, the spirit of striving for progress, relying on the highest morale!
It is precisely because of these that we can subdue the Bai Man, the Five Edicts, and the Fu Clan, and become the masters of this land! But now the Tiance army formed an army formation of 3,000 troops, so that my Nanzhao army could not be conquered for a long time, and there were heavy casualties.
If you don't conquer them today, withdraw in front of them, and lose your sharpness and morale, how can you still subdue the white barbarians, the five edicts, and the Fu clan? If you want to hold on to the city, it is even more impossible, but I am afraid that when the time comes, the people of the tribes in the city will rebel first, and our end will be defeat before the battle!
You don't have to persuade anymore, even if you press all these 35,000 soldiers today, you must completely annihilate this Heavenly Strategy Division! They don't have enough crossbow arrows and fire oil, and when they are almost consumed and the Tiance army is physically exhausted, you personally lead the team, and you must break it in one fell swoop! And then we'll ...... again."
Ge Luofeng means that after completely annihilating this 3,000-strong Tiance army, he captured 3,000 sets of the opponent's best equipment, and increased the force value of his own Mengshe Zhao soldiers, so as to continue to subdue the people of other tribes, and then the strong man broke his wrist, crossed the Cangshan, and hid in the mountains to temporarily avoid the edge, in order to make a comeback in the future, but he couldn't say this.
Although Luo Wangba was just a simple soldier, he didn't think as deeply as Ge Luofeng's politics ~ governance ~ family, but at this time, he understood as soon as he heard it, and he supervised the battle even more diligently, and according to Ge Luofeng's orders, a large number of white barbarian slaves were requisitioned from Taihe City to come and consume the arrows of the Tiance army's fire oil.
The battle continued to start, and the military reports south of Taihe City continued to come, and the Tiance cavalry of 800 people took the initiative to retreat by boat after the 20,000 Nanzhao heavy troops in Longwei City were assembled, and on this side, the Tang army warships that were still cruising not far from the shore also drove away.
In less than half an hour, as Ge Luofeng said, the crossbow arrows and gunpowder of the Tiance Army were consumed in large quantities, and they were not as densely sprinkled as before.
The Nanzhao soldiers had already filled in the first trench, leveled the area with thistles in the middle, and began to cross the second trench, and some of the brave Nanzhao soldiers even crossed the deer barrage, and the soldiers of the Tiance Army finally suffered casualties.
What's even more gratifying is that the weather is gloomy at this time, the wind is blowing, and it is about to rain hard, and a gorgeous fireworks rise into the sky, and Ge Luofeng is overjoyed. This shows that the Tiance Army also knows that it can't hold on. Calling for help.
Feng Jiayi stepped forward to ask for battle: "Father." The Tiance army has no arrows and oil, let me lead the team, they must be annihilated as soon as possible, otherwise their reinforcements will be wasted as soon as they come! ”
Ge Luofeng stood on the small dirt slope, and the stock of crossbow arrows and fire oil of the Tiance Army could be roughly seen clearly, and at present, it seemed that it was probably enough for two or three times of consumption. Ge Luofeng has the intention to use all the white barbarian slaves to consume them and then go up. Worried that Tiance reinforcements would arrive, he gritted his teeth and took a compromise solution.
"Luo Wangba, you are pressing the four thousand white barbarian slaves to rush again, and then you lead the six thousand elite soldiers to break through the Tiance army formation in front of you at one time!
Feng Jiayi, you lead the remaining 9,000 soldiers and horses as a reserve, ready to support at any time, and prevent the Tiance reinforcements from suddenly attacking. ”
Luo Wangba took the order and left, and began to impeach the white barbarian slave. Lecture before the battle, and on the other side of the battlefield. The three thousand Tiance soldiers are taking advantage of this short gap to seize the time to eat dry food and drink salt and sugar water, because it is the first tough battle, this time the dry food they brought is all mutton floss and roasted whale meat, and they eat sweetly one by one.
The commander of this army is Xiao Quai's second favorite general, the strong general Ma Sui, at this moment he is cheering loudly to the soldiers under his command: "The soldiers of Tiance Mansion, brothers, the Nanzhao barbarians will launch a general attack soon, our crossbow arrows and fire oil are running out, are you afraid, do you have the confidence to repel them?" ”
The three thousand Tiance soldiers who answered him responded in unison: "The Tiance army is invincible!" ”
Ma Sui continued to shout: "Then let these Nanzhao barbarians see the power of our Tiance army, even if we don't rely on crossbow arrows and fire oil, we can kill them back!" Reinforcements from the King of Lanling are about to arrive! ”
"Kill all the fangs and find a marquis! Kill! Kill! Kill! The three thousand spears were held high together, and the faces of the three thousand Tiance Army soldiers were full of excitement and fanaticism, and the fighting spirit was getting stronger and stronger, and the sound shook the sky.
Ge Luofeng, who was watching the battle from a distance, was stupid, his eyesight was excellent, seeing that this Tiance army had almost consumed crossbow arrows and fire oil, and was in a desperate situation, why was he even more excited?
Ge Luofeng's cold sweat came out, he had never seen such an army, the will to fight was too strong, seeing their performance like this, Ge Luofeng had no doubt that even if the three thousand Tiance army fought to the last man, they would not surrender, they would still fight to the death, and they would carry dry food at any time, and they would eat it after the fight, and there would be no problem with their physical strength, even if they fought hand-to-hand on both sides, their fifteen thousand soldiers would have to pay a great price if they wanted to eat each other.
Ma Sui was as emotional as Ge Luofeng, he remembered that when he was training the Flying Dragon Forbidden Army and Tiance Mansion in Chang'an, Xiao Qubing said the most that the army with faith was invincible, and now it seems that this is indeed the case.
He found that Xiao Quai's training was different from all the people before him, in addition to giving him a generous military salary and sufficient food, and carrying out various discipline, obedience, physical strength, and tactical training, what he talked about and emphasized the most was actually the power of the spirit and the power of faith.
The precept of Tiance Mansion was to benefit the country and not seek wealth and nobility; After the arrival of King Lanling, it was soon changed to: honor, mission, loyalty, and protection.
The soldiers of Tiance Mansion are born for honor, and the highest honor is to die on the battlefield for the country;
The mission of Tiance Mansion is to protect Datang, eliminate all enemies of Datang, and defend the homeland from violation;
The soldiers of Tiance Mansion will always be loyal to the Tang Dynasty, to Sheji, and to Tiance Mansion;
The soldiers of Tiance Mansion are the guardians of the peace of the world and the peaceful residence of the people.
From the very beginning, the king of Lanling and the instructors at all levels kept talking about patriotism, the responsibilities and obligations of soldiers, the spirit of dedication and sacrifice, the honor of soldiers and the loyalty of soldiers.
Over time, imperceptibly, Ma Sui has no doubt that no matter how many enemies there are, even if they are under siege, none of the three thousand Tiance army will surrender or betray, and they dare to fight to the last person, this is the power of faith!
Soon, the horn of the Nanzhao army's attack sounded again, and the 3,000 Tiance army also stopped eating, the crossbowmen picked up the strong crossbows hanging on their bodies, and the spearmen and shield soldiers picked up iron shields and spears.
Wearing the captured Tang army armor and holding spears and wooden shields, the white barbarian slaves who wore the captured Tang army armor and held spears and wooden shields, under the persecution of the war team, rushed to the Tang army formation with a swarm of bees, they had to express their fear in their hearts with shouting, and soon rushed close to a distance of eighty paces, the first row of Tang army's strong crossbows stretched out from the gap in the iron shield, seeing these white barbarian soldiers climb over the first trench, step on the corpses of their companions and rush over, and then cross the second trench, ready to move the deer barb, Ma Sui shouted, and more than 700 crossbow arrows were shot out in one salvo.
The two rows of white barbarian slaves who rushed to the front were almost swept away, and the white barbarian slaves who followed behind were so frightened that they shouted even more hysterically, and the already chaotic team became even more chaotic, and people kept turning around and running back.
The elite soldiers of Nanzhao who supervised the battle in the rear slashed and killed the "deserters" who were screaming and running around, forcing other people to continue to attack the position of the Tiance army, and the desperate white barbarian slaves also went crazy at this time, and someone had already turned over the deer and hit the horse rejection gun fixed on the ground head-on, and then was stabbed to death by the Tiance spearman behind the horse rejection gun.
However, the fear of the Warlord caused the white barbarian slaves behind to still rush forward desperately, and more and more people gathered in front of the horse pistol and the deer, and they had already moved away from the deer that had been buried in the ground.
Ma Sui roared angrily, this time it was two consecutive salves of crossbow arrows, and the white barbarian slaves who were blocked in a ball watched their companions fall down one by one, and finally broke down psychologically, and fled back like crazy, even the overseers behind couldn't stop them, and half of the white barbarian slaves even fought with the overseers for their lives.
This seemingly imposing offensive vanished in an instant, and some of the Tiance troops moved away a few horse repulsion guns, began to mend knives at the undead white barbarian slaves, and threw out the corpses, gradually piling up a mountain of corpses more than half a person high in front of the formation.
However, at this time, Ge Luofeng, who was watching the battle in the rear, was not only depressed, but a little excited, and the four thousand white barbarian slaves who had no combat power almost attacked the Tiance army formation, which meant that the next six thousand Nanzhao elite soldiers would be very hopeful to break through in one fell swoop.
Thinking like this, he waved his hand and let Luo Wangba take the army up, at this time the pouring rain finally fell, the sky also darkened, and the blood flowed down the rain from the corpses in front of the Tiance army array, and the scene was extremely terrifying.
This time, the Tiance army did not wait for the other party to rush to the deer and reject the horse gun before the crossbow arrows occurred, but full of vitality, starting from seventy steps, they began to fire a salvo, and when the Nanzhao soldiers rushed to the position of the corpse mountain, the last three rounds of crossbow arrows of the single crossbow had all been shot, and each person was left with only one spare arrow, three shots and three crossbow arrows.
On the other side, the catapult and the eight-bull crossbow were also in full swing at this time, spilling all the remaining fierce fire oil, Ge Luofeng pinned his hopes on the other party in the heavy rain There was no way to ignite it, who knew that the other party's rocket was not affected by the heavy rain at all, after a round of rockets, below the corpse mountain, there was a sea of fire in an instant, and the soldiers who were charging at the South Station suddenly cried wolf.
The flames were not too big, and it was raining heavily, so there would not have been too many people to be burned, but the burning of the fire still made them unbearable, some rushed forward desperately, and some ran backwards in fear, and the onslaught was quickly disintegrated. (To be continued.) )