Chapter 33: The Bloody Fortress (I)
Lianyunbao can be described as one of the dangerous passes in the world, located at the northern foot of the towering Hindu Kush Mountain, is the only way to go to Xiaobolu, Lianyunbao builds a city in the middle of the mountainside, backs to the steep mountain, in front of the Bole River with the turbulent water, in order to prevent the Tang army from forcibly crossing the Bole River, the Tubo army is still camped by the river, and the garrison of thousands of people strangles the place where the Tang army crosses the river two miles wide, it can be said that one man is the pass, ten thousand people are not open, not to mention that the Tubo army has stationed more than 8,000 people here.
At the beginning of July 13, Gao Xianzhi's main force arrived at a dense forest about five miles away from the north bank of the Bole River, his march was extremely secretive, and the Tubo army did not notice it, it is no wonder that the Tang army has not appeared here for six or seven years, and the Tubo army never dreamed that the Tang army would go around the hidden country to attack Lianyunbao.
At the same time that Gao Xianzhi arrived on the north bank of Lianyunbao, He Chongyu's 3,000 cavalry also arrived on time, but another bad news came, Jia Chongjun's 2,000 troops failed to arrive, and the soldiers who came to report told Gao Xianzhi that the iceberg on Chifotang Road was too steep, and the soldiers only dared to go up the mountain, not down the mountain, so they could only go down the mountain to the west, which was slightly easier, so it was getting farther and farther away from Lianyunbao.
Gao Xianzhi's brows furrowed, if there was no outflanking and encirclement, the Tubo army on the periphery of Lianyun Fort could have escaped from the south.
According to Gao Xianzhi's plan, he wanted to attack Lianyunbao with only 1,000 garrisons first, and after taking Lianyunbao, he would turn around and eat the 7,000 Tubo troops on the periphery, and let Jia Chongqian take the Chifotang Road, just to block the retreat of the 7,000 Tubo troops on the periphery.
Now that the matter has come to this, he has no choice but to fight the Tubo army on the periphery first, but in this way, there will definitely be a large number of Tubo troops fleeing into Lianyunbao from the path, which will greatly increase the difficulty of their attack on Lianyunbao.
"Pass on my order, the soldiers still drop all their grain and grass baggage, prepare three days' rations, and cross the river at four o'clock in the morning!"
"Don't be handsome!"
Xi Yuanqing hurriedly stopped: "The water is deep and rapid, you can't force it to cross, the Tang army may be in danger of life if it goes down, so let's find another way." ”
The generals stepped forward to dissuade him, Gao Xianzhi smiled faintly and said: "You don't have to worry, my trip is the will of God, before I leave, I will burn incense and pray to God, let God help me." ”
Next to the judge Liu Dan's swoop! With a smile, he pointed at Gao Xianzhi and whispered to Sima Wang Tao: "How crazy this person is! ”
Wang Tao also snorted, "Let's see how he crosses the river then!" ”
The third watch of the night has passed, the two banks of the Bole River are dark, 10,000 Tang troops are lightly armed, pack up the ordnance and war horses, and quietly come to the north bank of the Bole River fifty steps away, the three armies are waiting to cross the river, the black fog on the opposite bank is vast, nothing can be seen, the Tubo military camp is still two miles away from the river, and naturally there is no action on the north bank.
Li Qing'an led his horse to follow the army, and his scout battalion was formed on the side of the cavalry battalion, although it was not the main offensive force, but it would also be engaged in battle.
An incense case was set up by the river, holding three animals on a plate, Gao Xianzhi knelt in front of the incense case, praying to the heavens, and the three armies were solemn, waiting for the order to cross the river.
"Shichiro, tell me, what kind of name will this river have?"
Xi Yuanqing didn't believe Gao Xianzhi's so-called begging for heaven, he suddenly remembered what Li Qing'an had said to Gao Xianzhi in the cave that night, so he quietly ran to ask Li Qing'an.
Li Qing'an smiled and whispered the truth to Xi Yuanqing, "Naturally, there will be no help from heaven, this river will suddenly drop during the fourth watch, and there will be a time for incense, Gao Shuai did this in order to reflect the will of heaven and invigorate the morale of the army." ”
Xi Yuanqing suddenly realized, he laughed in a low voice: "The handsome man is really smart!" ”
"Look, the river has changed."
Li Qing'an let out a low shout, and all the people looked at the river, and sure enough, they saw that the white long pole inserted in the river was slowly revealed, and there was a stirring in the army, and everyone's eyes showed a look of extreme surprise.
Gao Xianzhi's back was straight, staring at the benchmark with all his body, the expression on his face was extremely nervous.
"Enough, that's enough!"
Li Qingan couldn't help but remind Gao Xianzhi that there was only time for a stick of incense, Gao Xianzhi immediately stood up and said loudly to the three armies: "Do you see it, God is helping us, we will win this battle!" ”
"Victory!" The three armies shouted.
"Start crossing the river, don't get off the horse, cross the river with a stick of incense, and cut the lagging behind!"
With Gao Xianzhi's order, the Tang army went into the water one after another, swimming to the opposite bank, the river is very shallow, not yet the belly of the war horse, the three armies are well-trained, within a stick of incense, the Tang army all crossed the river, even the sick Bian Lingcheng also crossed the river.
Not long after the Tang army crossed the river, the river suddenly swelled and regained the high water level, and the Tang army behind exclaimed, it was amazing, this was simply heaven's help.
Gao Xianzhi waved his hand, and 10,000 Tang troops silently slaughtered the Tubo camp two miles away.
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Xiao Bolu for Tubo, also has an extremely important strategic value, because of the small Bolu as a base, Tubo controlled the central and northern parts of Tocharo, drove the Tang forces out of Tocharo, and threatened the security of the southwest of Anxi, for this reason, the Tang Dynasty has three expeditions to the small Bolu in the past few decades, but in the end failed, in order to consolidate the relationship with the little Bolu, Tubo Zampu Chide Zuzan did not hesitate to marry the beautiful princess of Jialan to the little Bolu king Su lost as his second wife, And on the east bank of the Poyi River, which is close to the city of Xinduo, he built a Tibetan military camp, with nearly 20,000 soldiers.
Because the Tang army went out to Xiaobolu three times, it aroused a high degree of vigilance of the Tubo army, and they specially stationed 8,000 troops on the front line of Lianyunbao north of Tanjuling, which became the first barrier of Xiaobolu.
At present, the Tubo general stationed in Lianyunbao is called Shang Deluo, who is the deputy governor of the Tubo army stationed in Xiaobolu, he lives in Lianyunbao, he has been quite restless in the past two days, although there is no reason, but an inexplicable uneasiness makes him often wake up from his sleep.
In the dream, a fire in Lianyunbao burned and turned to ashes in an instant, and Chandro suddenly woke up from the dream, he was restless and unable to sleep, and at this moment, he suddenly heard someone exclaim, "How can there be fire in the camp?" ”
Chandreau was stunned, he bit his hand, this is not a dream, he quickly got up and came to the stone window, pushed open the window, he was immediately stunned, only to see that there was indeed a fire flickering in the camp in the distance, he was fifteen miles away from the camp, if he could see the fire, it meant that the camp was already on fire.
"Ring the alarm!" Chandro screamed and rushed out the gate.
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The Tibetan camp was in flames, and the rockets of the scout camp shot into the camp, instantly setting fire to the tents, and the Tibetan soldiers woke up from their sleep, they were terrified and fled in all directions.
"One, two, three!"
With the shout of the Tang army, the thickness of the bowl mouth, and the fence as high as three zhang was finally pulled down, and the fence fell down with a bang, and the Tang cavalry shouted wildly, "Kill!" ”
Two thousand Tang horsemen were like elves in the night, breaking into the camp of the Tibetan army from all directions, and they waved their long lances to ruthlessly kill the Tibetan soldiers who fled in all directions.
The head is rolling, the blood is splashed, the stump and broken arm fall to the ground in chaos, the screams and wails resounded in the night sky, Li Qingan led the scout battalion to gallop back and forth around the camp, intercepting the Tubo soldiers who escaped from the camp, they mercilessly slashed the Tubo soldiers who had no way to survive, Li Qing'an's magic arrow was vividly played at this time, every time he shot an arrow, there must be a Tubo soldier screaming and falling to the ground, in the blink of an eye, a pot of thirty arrows was shot, and there were many corpses around him.
At this time, a Tibetan officer saw that he had killed countless people under the arrow, and couldn't help but be furious, and the horse rushed towards him, roared, and the spear in his hand was stabbed in the chest, Li Qing'an held the bow and arrow in his hand, and he was unable to raise the lance, he clamped the war horse, the war horse seemed to have a spirit surname, and rushed out sideways, dodging the spear, and at the moment when the two horses were staggered, Li Qing'an swung out the horizontal knife in his hand like lightning, 'Click! With a bang, the head of the Tubo officer flew up two feet high, and the blood in his neck cavity spurted out, splashing all over Li Qingan's head and face, and the pungent bloody breath almost made him breathless.
The dead body fell, Li Qing'an's eyes were blood-red and blurred, and he couldn't see anything, at this time he heard a war horse rushing straight towards him, mixed with the sound of the wind from the weapon, he turned around and ran away in shock, at this moment, he heard an angry roar in his ear: "Hugh hurt my brother!" ”
Immediately after a scream, the murderous aura behind him suddenly disappeared, Li Qingan wiped the blood on his face with his battle robe, only to find that it was Li Siye, who was nearly a foot tall, holding a Mo knife in his hand, standing beside him, his eyes were wide open, and a zhang away behind him, a Tubo commander was split in half with his men and horses.
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