Chapter 68: Wild Horses
The Tubo king's tent learned that the Tang Dynasty cavalry appeared in the morning, and the battle was arranged in the morning, and now it is the afternoon, and there is still no news.
Dong'er stood outside the tent all day, motionless and looking into the distance. In the distance, there was nothing but the vast grasslands and mountain shadows, and there was no sound of fighting on the battlefield, and it was too far away from here to see or hear with the naked eye, and the sun was gradually turning west.
Murong Yan looked at Dong'er's appearance, and felt a resentment in her heart, and said to Fu Lu: "Look at Xue Chongxun, there are only more than 10,000 horsemen who are willing to come to save Dong'er, and you have 100,000 iron horsemen in your hand to send us to the Tubo people's king's tent and whisper to the Tubo people!" ”
Fu Lu sneered: "Do you think Xue Chongxun is here to save a woman? He's here to kill Lao Tzu! Without our Tuyuhun response, it would be a big joke for the Tang soldiers to come out of the fortress to repel the Tubo people and recover the area north of Jishi Mountain. ”
"Anyway, he has the courage!" Murong Yan replied with resentment, thought about it and asked, "Can Xue Chongxun kill the king's tent?" Murong Yan knew that although Fu Lu was despicable, he was also the lord who had been fighting with other tribes for water and grass on the grassland for a long time, and he also had some opinions about war.
"Do you want him to kill here to take Lao Tzu's head, so that you can find a new love?!" Fu Lu said angrily, "Don't dream! Xue Chongxun, a brave and unscrupulous horseman, is sent to die this time: the tens of thousands of troops of the Tubo Lang clan are facing the Tang army, even if they can't be destroyed, isn't it fun to drag them out for a day and a half? De Zuzan then mobilized a large army to outflank from the left and right, and the horse team would soon be able to form an encirclement, and the disparity in the strength of fifty to one would besiege it, not to mention that the Tang soldiers were heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals who were also difficult to fly! If Xue Chongxun doesn't die, who will die? ”
Even though Murong Yan doesn't know much about military affairs, he feels very reasonable when he hears Fu Lu say this, doesn't the art of war book say that ten will surround him? What's more, there is no danger to defend on this vast grassland, fifty times the strength of the other party is surrounded, so many people take turns to go into battle and besiege on all sides, and the tired Tang soldiers are tired to death.
…… The battlefield was still fighting, from morning to afternoon, the Shence army and the Lang tens of thousands of iron cavalry fought for most of the day, the Tang army had a slight advantage but could not defeat the Tubo army in a short time. Thousands of cavalry of the Shence Army took turns to attack the Tubo men and horses, but the disparity in numbers was huge, and the depth of the enemy's camp was very large, and the two sides did not make any substantial progress except for the continuous increase in casualties; The Tang army withdrew its cavalry and confronted it with the infantry camp. Rushing back and forth like this, only hitting the sun to the west.
At this time, the scouts came to the Chinese army and saw Xue Chongxun report: "The left and right flanks have found a large number of enemy horses approaching. ”
The old eunuch Yang Siqiao on the side said without hesitation: "The dog Rong wants to be encircled, Xue Lang, we can't fight, hurry up!" ”
Zhang Wulang's face also changed suddenly, and he persuaded: "The dog Rong army is 500,000, once the siege is encircled, I will wait for a break!" ”
Xue Chongxun looked at the battlefield in front of him unwillingly, and the soldiers were fighting hard.
Zhang Wulang said in a deep voice: "After the last general is willing to lead the cavalry to break off, Xue Lang hurriedly ordered the main infantry to all mount and retreat quickly, at this time, if there is a slight delay, the whole army may be wiped out!" ”
"Order the infantry to mount and prepare to retreat!" Xue Chongxun gritted his teeth and shouted, then glanced at Zhang Wulang and said, "Your family has a wife and a young daughter, so it is not suitable for a broken queen." ”
Yang Siqiao hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "The miscellaneous family is willing to take on this mission." ”
Xue Chongxun pondered for a moment, and Yang Siqiao said again: "I have a godson Yang Meng, who is loyal and brave, and he will definitely be able to protect me from the encirclement and join Xue Lang in the future." He patted the golden scabbard on his waist and said, "Xue Lang's gift miscellaneous family loves it very much......
"Good! There will be a period after Yang Gong takes care. Xue Chongxun hugged his fists and saluted, his face was not very good, and a depression was written on his face.
On the contrary, Yang Siqiao looked very open, replied with a refreshing smile, and turned the horse's head away. After a while, I heard Yang Meng's rough voice shouting: "Good thing! Kill him! ”
After the order to retreat was issued, the infantry ran faster, because they were at the rear of the battle formation at this time, and they could run if they had horses on their horses, and the infantry of the Tang army was not slow and the tactical maneuver was still very fast.
Immediately, most of the cavalry also retreated from the battlefield, and the Tubo Lang clan naturally had to cover and pursue from behind. At this time, Yang Simiao's department charged in the opposite direction.
"Kill!" Yang Meng took the lead, carrying a big axe and leading the cavalry to charge. In the face of the flood of enemy troops, the thousand troops also broke out a tragic cry, the shouts were full of fear, but the horses' hooves did not stop, and the people had no time to think about it and fought to the death.
After a round of charges, the advance rhythm of the Tubo army was slightly blocked, and the thin Tang army charge queue suffered heavy losses in an instant. Yang Siqiao looked back and saw that the main force had all been riding horses, and the speed at which the horse team left the battlefield was indeed very fast, Yang Siqiao hurriedly shouted: "Yang Meng can't fight, let's go!" ”
The cavalry of the Tang Army hurriedly turned the horse's head and galloped wildly, and at this time they also paid attention to what queue, and the remnants of the defeated army ran away on horses and legs. The light cavalry of the Tibetans galloped out of the army, chasing and shooting arrows in the rear and left and right of the Tang army; Tang Qi also returned fire with arrows as he fled, and arrows flew over the grass like locusts.
Many people have arrow feathers stuck in their backs, and there is basically no fatal injury when people are shot, because the armor of the Tang cavalry has a surprisingly good defensive effect on the arrows, especially the design and structure of the Tubo people are not as advanced as the bow and arrow of the Tang army, and it is difficult to cause fatal damage to the Tang cavalry equipped with iron armor. But the most unfortunate thing in this situation of escape is to be shot on the horse, and if you fall off the horse, you will surely die, and soon the enemy soldiers who catch up will shoot you into a hedgehog and then be trampled into a pulp by countless iron hooves.
The Tang soldiers behind the palace suffered heavy casualties, and there were scattered corpses that had been cut down and trampled along the way. The sunset in the western sky was about to set, and it was surprisingly red, like blood on the ground.
Fortunately, night was gradually falling, and there was a military stronghold of the Tang people in the east, and it was difficult for the Tubo people to break through in a short time when they chased them to the border. When the Shence army broke out of the encirclement in time, the Tubo people had little need to chase down, and gradually stopped pursuing. More than half of Yang Simiao's troops were killed and wounded, but fortunately, they were not surrounded and annihilated, which can be regarded as a good job.
In this battle, the Tang army was defeated, and most of the casualties and losses were caused on the way to retreat, and when fighting with the Lang clan in turn, the losses were small.
…… However, the goal of leading the main cavalry to encircle from the north and south was not achieved, and it was a very reliable tactic, but the Tang people ran too fast, and they almost made the results soar, which did make the Dezuzan somewhat regretful.
The battle lasted from the morning to the evening, and then the Tibetan soldiers chased eastward for half the night, and finally ended. According to their established strategy, the first step was to surrender Tuyuhun to get the response and materials, and cutting off the wings of the Tang army was the first goal; And the Annihilation of the Divine Ce Army is just a fighter plane that suddenly appeared, and it will not hurt the overall situation if it is not achieved.
When he was ready to go back, he formed an alliance with Fulu and then married Princess Xianbei, and then quickly blocked the Tang Realm, trying to advance eastward.
As soon as they returned to the king's tent and saw that Fu Lu and the others had not rested, Fu Lu should go to the camp gate and ask with concern: "What is the result of the wise Great Khan, did you kill Xue Chongxun?" ”
Ji Dezu praised and said: "The Jin king of the Tang Dynasty fled quickly, but our army captured a lot of people, which scared the Tang people. ”
The army laughed when they heard this, and Voryu also breathed a sigh of relief. Murong Yan was stunned and speechless...... Isn't the legendary Tang Bing very powerful, why was he defeated in one day?
Ji De Zuzan said to Fu Lu: "Today, if Xue Chongxun escapes a little slowly, he will be our prisoner, after this battle, I am afraid it will be difficult for him to have the courage to come out and find trouble, just nest behind the wall on the mountain and wait for us to conquer!"
Fu Lu hurriedly bowed and praised: "The Great Khan's wisdom and martial arts are extremely respectful to us!" ”
"How about we make a blood alliance tonight, how about making friends forever? From now on, your horses can graze freely on the Tuyuhun grassland without being harassed by the Tibetan army. Then Tuyuhun is in the north, and I Tubo is in the south, attacking the Tang Dynasty on both sides, taking Shibao City to seize the Helong Plain, and sharing the pastures, cattle and sheep, women, and money and silk obtained! ”
"Forever make friends!" Fu Lu said happily, "From now on, the two states will be relatives, and they will share blessings and hardships!" ”
Zu Dezuzan's gaze swept nonchalantly over Murong Yan's face, looked at Dong'er and said, "Although the untamed wild horse is not respectful, it cannot be said to be an inferior horse. See how I conquer it! He turned his head and shouted, "Come, prepare for the sacrifice!" ”
The Tibetans prepared for the ceremony in the king's tent overnight, and several blazing bonfires illuminated the grass as bright as day, and a group of Bon people wearing crowns and robes came to sit on the ground under the altar and began to chant and chant. The soldiers drove yaks, horses, sheep and other livestock to the ground, slaughtered them with bright knives, and dripped all kinds of blood into the barley wine.
De Zuzan took the lead and took a knife and lightly cut it on his fingers, dripping the blood into the wine, and then letting Fu Lu and Murong Yan drip blood. Murong Yan was extremely reluctant, and Fu Lu said: "You are shedding the blood of the Tuyuhun royal family, and you can't lack it, so as to show the sincerity of our Tuyuhun people!" ”
Fu Lu forced Murong Yan's hand to pull it, took the knife and pulled it quickly, Murong Yan screamed in pain, and tears almost flowed from her aggrieved face.
Then a strange group of mermaids with their arms and hair came out, and sang and danced in front of the altar, but the dance was not so good, and they trembled as if they were going mad. The congregants seated on the ground below beat the drums and began to sing...... After a long time, the drumming and dancing suddenly stopped, and a bare man with a feather on his head fell straight to the ground.
All eyes were on the strange man, thinking he was dead. A moment later the man woke up again, his face pale and weak, and he was babbling and chattering......
Everyone was given blood wine in their hands, and the Murong sisters were no exception, they looked at the strange magic stick that was chattering in wonder, and then looked down at the dirty blood wine in their hands, which was mixed with the blood of many people, and they couldn't help but churn in their stomachs. G