Chapter 0276: Destroying the City
Qiu Cha led 400 elite horsemen, and was lured east by Li Ang with a small trick, and was tired and half dead in vain, but in the evening, it was reported that another tribe seventy miles west of Buha had been attacked by the Tang army.
Qiu Cha was completely confused, was this an attack launched by multiple Tang troops scattered, or was he chasing the wrong direction at all?
Whatever the possibility, anyway, to the east, the Tang army has lost its trace, and Qiu Cha had to return with his four hundred cavalry. After a day of running, everyone was too tired to work, and after dark, I just wanted to take a break along the way.
As a result, another messenger rushed to him and reported to him that the Tang army was besieging the city of Fuqi. Qiu Cha was so frightened that his soul was scattered, Fu Qi City is an important town in Qinghai, once it is lost, he will have ten heads, and I am afraid it will not be enough to cut it.
No matter how hard and tired you are, you must immediately turn back to rescue Fu Qi City. Qiu Cha knew better than anyone that there were only a hundred defenders left in Fu Qi City after all!
This way rushed back to help, people were sleepy and horses were tired, just halfway across the river, there was a piece of fire behind him, and the gongs and drums sounded in unison, which frightened Qiucha into shock. The night was misty, the west wind was howling, and hundreds of people were struggling in the river, and the cold water was running very slowly, and suddenly an army came from behind, and it only took a few volleys to shoot them to death in the river.
"Quick! Cross the river! Qiu Cha yelled loudly, and the sound was as terrifying as seeing a ghost.
Hundreds of Tibetan soldiers were frightened, scrambling one by one, screaming and rushing desperately to the west bank, and the river was like a dragon churning, making the white waves churning and the sound of water rattling.
The Tibetans struggled desperately to cross the river, using their strength to feed. As a result, when they were still about ten feet away from the west bank, they suddenly heard the roar of people on the shore. There were no lights on the shore, and there were only shadows. At this moment, the crescent moon in the sky suddenly darkened, as if a dark cloud was flying, followed by a whooshing rain of arrows, shooting down.
With the sound of popping into the flesh, a strong arrow shot the struggling Tibetan soldiers in the river so that people turned their backs and horses, people screamed, horses neighed, and water splashed. The river was like a boiling pot.
Burst! With a bang, Qiu Cha, who was desperately shouting, also received an arrow in his thigh, and the arrow shot through the thigh and pierced out from the other side, causing Qiu Cha to let out "Ah! With a scream, he almost fell into the river.
He gritted his teeth and used his knife to cut off the exposed arrow, pulling it out. The rain of arrows of the Tang army is still shooting into the river in waves, at this time of life and death. Qiu Cha didn't care about the piercing pain and blood, and howled with his saber: "Rush forward!" There are chasing soldiers in the back, and everyone has to die if they can't rush up, hurry up! Come on!! ………”
Qiucha howled desperately. But all around were men and horses roaring and struggling, the sound of water fluttering, and panicked Tibetan soldiers. Where else is there to hear what he shouts, and he can't hear it clearly if he wants to.
This kind of half-crossing attack. The most tragic. The Tibetans struggled in the water and tried to rush ashore. But the Tang army's arrow rain came like no money, and the horses that were shot and wounded rushed madly in the water, and the corpses of the people and horses who were shot were pushed down by the river, knocking the people and horses below into the river.
The sad Tubo people were stirred up in the river, and their proud riding and archery skills were useless at this time, and they were killed without the power to fight back.
Those who finally struggled up from the water, just rushed onto the river beach, and then they stumbled and fell into the traps, and were pierced by sharp wooden thorns.
Those who fled to both sides fell even worse, and for a time, the river beach became a living slaughterhouse.
Even Leon took a bow and kept putting arrows. In this case, there is no need for precise aiming, just follow everyone to continuously fire volleys, and the rain of arrows will shoot like raindrops, and there will always be a shot.
More than a dozen volleys were fired, and thousands of arrows were densely covered with thorns all over the riverbank, and less than a hundred of the four hundred Tibetans remained, many of whom were wounded, and one by one they were frightened and discarded their armor; The war horses couldn't break through the large area of death formed by the tripping horses that Leon and the others had set up. The Tubo people, who were lucky not to die, had to abandon their horses and run around.
"Raise the fire! Get on the horse and kill! Leon yelled, first turned on his horse, drew his sword and slapped his horse, and rushed away.
His two or three hundred subordinates all seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood, and they were extremely excited, and they all raised their fires and rushed away to kill. The fire, the sword, the blood, the roar, the sound of horses' hooves, and the screams made the shallow water near the shoal like a purgatory on earth, and the heavens and the earth boiled.
In this ambush battle, there is no suspense so far, the galloping iron cavalry rushed back and forth, and the remnants of the Tibetan soldiers who lost their horses and weapons were either cut under the horses, or they could only kneel on the ground and beg for mercy, accepting the fate of the annihilation of the whole army.
Li Ang ordered the heads of all the dead Tibetans to be cut off and brought back to Fuqi City along with more than fifty captives, including Qiu Cha. When they returned to the city, it was only the fourth watch, and there were still two watches before dawn.
The men and horses who stayed outside the city to fool the defenders at the head of the city, and when they saw that Li Ang was coming victorious, they couldn't help but let out bursts of cheers, and the defenders at the head of the city heard it, thinking that there was another Tang army coming to help, and they were even more frightened.
Tubo Da talked about the 2,000 young men who organized the city to go to the city overnight, and when they saw such a big movement outside the city, they talked about it in private, and the people were panicked.
These young people in the city were very different from the nomadic Tibetan people, they were accustomed to a stable and comfortable life, and most of them were not as good at fighting as the herdsmen outside the city; In addition, they are scattered on the city wall, and there is no good command, like scattered sand. If it weren't for Mangbu's death order, whoever dared to sneak away would have his head cut off, I'm afraid there would have been a large number of escapes at this time.
Leon hurried back, mainly because he knew very well that he would not see the light. If he waited until daytime, the enemy at the head of the city would see his reality clearly, and he would no longer be afraid.
Therefore, he must attack the city overnight before the enemies in the city can still figure out his reality!
"Nie Feng, throw all the enemy's heads on the city!"
"Whoa!"
"Murong Heshun, you take people to escort the captives and let them go to the city to persuade them to surrender!"
"Whoa!"
"Hua Qiu, prepare to beat the drum and send a signal, once the fire breaks out in the city, immediately adopt the tactics of encircling the three queyi, bluffing on the east and south sides, and attacking the city with all your strength in the west, be sure to take the city before dawn!"
"Whoa!"
As soon as Li Ang's order was reached, hundreds of men and horses took action, and Nie Feng led people to ride horses, roaring past the city, throwing their heads one by one to the city as best they could.
When the young men at the head of the city saw these bloody human heads, they were so frightened that they screamed incessantly, causing a great commotion. At the same time, Murong Heshun escorted Qiu Cha and others to the city to persuade them to surrender.
In the firelight, Mangbuzhi and Bach on the head of the city and all the young men who guarded the city saw it clearly, and Qiucha, who they were counting on to come back, turned out to be a prisoner of the Tang army and was taken to the city.
Qiu Cha and several other Tibetan captives were forced with knives and shouted loudly to the city, preaching how the Tang army was strong and strong, how brave and good at fighting, and how vulnerable they were. Finally, the defenders at the head of the city were advised to give up resistance quickly, otherwise after the city was broken, the Tang army would not leave the chickens and dogs!
Everyone in the city was already panicked, and when they saw that the only reinforcement was also defeated by the Tang army, they were even more desperate, the young man at the head of the city, you look at me, I look at you, and their eyes were full of fear.
At this moment, the sound of drums sounded in the west of the city, three long and two short, repeating constantly. This is the signal agreed between Li Ang and Li Ting, and with the sound of drums, there will soon be a fire in the city, and several fire points will illuminate the west city! The Tibetan people in Xicheng screamed in horror, and the voices of the people were like a tide.
"It's on fire!"
"Oh no, the city is on fire!"
"It must be the Tang Army attacking from Xicheng, flee!"
The rabble at the head of the city saw that the fire of the western city was rising to the sky, and immediately became in chaos, and Li Ang took the opportunity to order the drumming to attack the city, and everyone yelled and rushed to the city wall with ladders.
"Stop! Whoever dares to escape, the whole family will be beheaded......." Mang Buzhi shouted desperately, a rain of arrows shot up outside the city, and the already chaotic Tubo Qingzhuang continued to be hit by arrows, letting out desperate screams, at this time, the ghosts would listen to Mang Buzhi again, and they ran away in a panic.
Even Bach's 100 regular troops were scattered and fled. Seeing this situation, Bach was full of despair, and came up and dragged Mangbuzhi and shouted: "Comment, go quickly, the city can't be defended, go quickly, ......" As soon as he said this, a powerful arrow happened to shoot, and with a pop it sank deep into Bach's face, and blood splashed Mangbuzhi's face.
The Bach man was tall and fell down with a bang, crushing Manbuzhi underneath, and Mangbuzhi, who was already very sick, was almost crushed to death, and he was struggling to get up, and was trampled by the scurrying crowd.......
Lin Dayu led people to kill the city quickly, shouting to kill the fleeing crowd in the city, the victory came too quickly, everyone was so excited that their blood was boiling, and they seemed to have inexhaustible strength on their bodies, chasing and slashing all the way along the street.
The west gate was soon opened, and Li Ang rushed in with a large group of cavalry, and the iron hooves roared, like the wind, "Kill!" The galloping horses neighed and rushed into the crowd of fleeing people in the street, and the sharp horizontal knives slashed one by one, killing blood and screaming.
Hua Qiu's long horse lance, with the help of the momentum of the war horse, ploughed over, ploughed down a large area, and the frantic horse's hooves trampled over, and the blood flew sideways.
The whole city was like hell, full of fire, people fleeing for their lives, roaring iron horses rushing to kill, women screaming, children crying, the sound of the tide soaring into the sky, and the ghosts and gods were also frightened.
Under the fierce rush of Li Ang's hundreds of horsemen, a large number of people rushed out of the city gate to flee for their lives, like wild ghosts fleeing from hell, looking back, but seeing that the city was full of fire, the sound of killing was all over the city, and the quiet and rich Fu Qi City in the past had completely fallen under the iron hooves of the Tang army;
Those who were able to escape felt extremely happy, they did not dare to look more, and rushed to flee to the grassland in the night. They still haven't figured out how many Tang troops have broken through the ambush....
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