Section 9 Star Gorge
When he took 3,000 people and more than 10,000 livestock and set foot on the road to Dafeichuan, Jishi Mountain had already ignited a monstrous fire, and the smoke rising from the mountain could be clearly seen even from fifty miles away, it must be a purgatory. "Don't look at it, the general doesn't look at it, the attack launched by the marshal is ruinous, the Tubo people on Jishi Mountain have no possibility of living, and there is no grass growing everywhere in the camel city, this sentence is not to say," the captain of the crossbow battalion reminded Zhou Zhong in a low voice with his big bag on his back, this is not the time to be stunned, his words are a little stiff, because there is no dominating relationship, so his speech becomes casual.
Zhou Zhong was not angry, looked up at the thirty-two hot air balloons depicting hideous patterns above his head, did not notice the warning signal from there, and shouted loudly: "Go!" Brethren, let's go! The brothers of Ofeichuan are waiting to eat noodles! โ
All the people are walking, Zhou Zhong has a lot of things on his body, and there are two jars of wine hanging around his neck, which is for the big handsome, the big handsome who has not drunk for more than a year has begun to fall in love with drinking mare's milk, this is very wrong, the big handsome should drink, not drink what mare's milk, only women and young children will like that kind of white thing.
Yun Ye received the message from the hot air balloon, the lookout had already reported that Zhou Chong's team had entered the mountain, this section of the road was very difficult to walk, the narrowest place could allow two horses to go side by side, as long as he walked through this precipitous place, Yun Ye did not believe that the Tibetan rangers could stop one of his fully loaded crossbow battalions in the open field.
The raging fire on the stone mountain melted the snow on the top of the mountain, and the turbid snow water spread down from the smooth mountain top and drilled into the flames, gathering the fire oil that had not yet burned clean like a fire snake scurrying around, and the majestic camp of the Tibetan people had been swallowed up by the fire, and the two thousand Tibetan people turned into flying ashes before they could shoot an arrow.
They were at the first sight of the camel city. He immediately chose to hold on, Jishi Mountain is not big, but the victory is steep, Li Jing's army attacked three times and did not take down this nail inserted in the plain, so the generals of Tubo were very confident, thinking that they could defend against Li Jing. will definitely be able to prevent Yun Ye.
He was wrong, the different equipment created different results, after the hot air balloon flew to the top of the mountain, there were countless jars of oil falling from the sky, followed by some small iron balls with sparks, and the frightened Tubo people were swallowed up by the fire that could burn on the light stones before they could wake up from the horror brought by the hot air balloon.
The fire in Jishi Mountain was also clearly seen by Lu Dongzan, who was in Xingxing Gorge, and from the moment the hot air balloon appeared, he clearly knew that Yun Ye was coming. Although he didn't know why Yun Ye came here from Chaotic Stone City to attack him, as an excellent commander, he smelled danger.
Xingxing Gorge has always been a battleground for soldiers, and Xingxing Gorge is not a canyon, but a pass, that is, a mountain pass. There is a mountain on one side and a river on the other, and the mountain is not so high and the water is not deep. After passing the Star Gorge in the west, the West Willow Garden is considered to have completely entered the Western Regions. It is the only passage from the Hexi Corridor to Xinjiang, and is known as the first throat in the Western Regions. There are thousands of cliffs in the gorge. The road is rugged and terrifying, and it is the only passage that can be crossed, and the narrowest point is only more than ten meters wide.
If Tibet wants to send troops, he can directly attack Shazhou in the east and Khotan in the west. Qiuzi, therefore, as long as the Xingxing Gorge is kept, it can choke the throat of the Tang Dynasty's rule over the Western Regions, and occupy a very favorable strategic advantage, Li Jing's army has broken through the Xingxing Gorge and marched to Heishi Mountain. But it was blocked by the treacherous terrain there, the army could not stay in the whole army, leaving only two thousand soldiers to build a city in the Black Stone Mountain, because the mountains here are all red sand mountains, lack of necessary stones to build the city, so the city was not built successfully, the Black Stone Mountain City only built the corner towers on the four sides, it was attacked by Lu Dongzan, two thousand soldiers retreated while fighting, and finally the whole army was wiped out in the Star Gorge. So this is also Li Jing's sad place.
Yun Ye is famous for setting fires, Lu Dongzan has already made adjustments to Jishi Mountain, in order to prevent the Tang people from attacking with fire, he deliberately eradicated all the little grass and trees on Jishi Mountain, but he didn't expect that a fire was inevitable.
"Camel City can't enter Star Gorge!" Li Jing sat in Yun Ye's big tent and said tiredly.
"I didn't plan to go in, I just planned to hold Lu Dongzan firmly for ten days. I didn't plan to meddle in your war zone, but in order for my Uncle Cheng to have a full meal, I took the risk of disapproval. Yun Ye was also tired all over, and said lazily. Do you know that Jishi Mountain is a place that I specially left for Lu Dongzan? As long as there are people there to defend, he will not dare to leave lightly, I always want to fight with Lu Dongzan in Jishi Mountain, instead of choosing to fight in Xingxing Gorge, you ruined my whole plan. "When people are anxious, they will think less, and if they are less, they will inevitably go wrong, I am young and anxious, and I don't have the calmness of sitting firmly on the Diaoyu Tai like you, and I can eat two thousand Tubo people, I already think it is a victory."
Li Jing picked up his sword and walked out of Yun Ye's handsome tent, and after a while, he walked in again and asked: "You are already full of trouble, arrogant and arrogant, conquering the world, fighting across the border, killing prisoners, and forcing the prince to death, each of these articles is enough for you, why do you have to add this sin of doing it without an order?" You have always been a smart person, you will not know that the civil officials of Manchang are waiting to deal with you, I heard that the imperial historian of the Western Pavilion has carried the impeachment of you in his sleeve all day long, and will play it whenever he finds a suitable opportunity, although His Majesty protects you wholeheartedly, don't you know how to restrain yourself? โ
Yun Ye picked up the teacup and saluted Li Jing and said, "If I rein in and repent, do you think those officials will let me go?" These charges aren't enough to make Your Majesty cut off my head, are they? As long as you don't cut off your head, it's not a big deal. "You are really not fit to lead an army, you are really not suitable, the first thing a good commander should do is to be ruthless, not only to the enemy, but also to his own people when necessary. You can't do it, so the old man said that you are not qualified, and you can lead a large army across thousands of miles to win a hundred battles because God is bless you.
After going back this time, don't lead the army anymore, concentrate on being your military secretary, I have already recommended you to His Majesty, you are not suitable to lead the army, but you are the most suitable candidate for the military department in the world, at this point, your concept of not abandoning and not giving up will benefit the Tang army a lot, and your honor will also bring good news to the soldiers.
This time, you attacked Jishi Mountain and Xingxing Gorge at my invitation, and I lacked the equipment to attack the fortifications, so I invited you to participate in the battle, remember, that's what others said when they asked you. โ
Yun Ye was silent and sent Li Jing away, watching his back disappear into the Gobi, making a peerless famous general think that he was inferior, how much courage does it take? Yun Ye raised his head, but he quickly lowered it again, Li Tai once said that it was useless to do this, and the tears that flowed out could not seep back. "Take out all the oil and gunpowder we have left, release the farthest shackling rope from the hot air balloon, and attack the camel city strongly, until it can't move forward, I want to see if the Star Gorge is really insurmountable, even if it can't be overcome, I want to put a fire here that has never been seen in this world."
Lu Dongzan did not leave the lookout after the appearance of the camel city, and for two whole hours he stared at the camel city, ready to see how this invincible fortress worked, and the last time he was in the windy sand, he only felt fear and did not really take a good look at how the camel city worked. This time it was condescending, and you could see it very clearly.
The camel city that formed the square city suddenly began to move, as if playing with building blocks, it changed from the square city to a long strip, the shape changed, but his formation was still thick, from a square to a long strip, this is to plan to drill into the Star Gorge.
Lu Dongzan has never been a stubborn person, on the contrary, he is very open-minded, like to accept new things, he went to the Tang Dynasty three times in a row to ask for Songtsan Gampo, the purpose of which is to receive a variety of advanced technology, he even dreamed that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty could marry all kinds of craftsmen for the princess, but it is a pity that which country did not give him even a trace of respect and trust.
He bought a lot of books, no matter what kind of books were among his purchases, and many times, he regarded these books as his greatest gain in the Tang Kingdom.
Since Yun Ye began to use fire oil, Lu Dongzan also began to ponder the oil oil, several times lurking into the military camp on the side of the Ba River to peep, and did not hesitate to spend a huge amount of money to buy a set of such oil refining equipment through other channels, but the things were bought, but there was no way to transport them out, and the checkpoint inspection in Sanyuan County was very annoying.
This is all a pity, almost irreparable regret, if he can also refine oil, Xingxing Gorge will be the burial place of the camel city, he is very yearning for the burning Turkic wolf bรจi escaped.
The hot air balloons went up, there were only five, and where did the rest go? Lu Dongzan suddenly had a question in his mind, the hot air balloon fluttering in the wind with a long tail swaying and swaying into the Star Gorge first, and the altitude at which it flew was helpless even for the condor archer.
The eight-bull crossbow on the camel city is adjusting the elevation angle, and the crossbow arrows on the eight-ox crossbow are ready to be activated at any time.
Lu Dongzan's eyes watched unblinkingly as his mortal enemy opened his mouth full of fangs at his feet, his own attack had not yet arrived, and the enemy's attack had already fallen on the attack point he had arranged.
Very accurate, only one round of gunpowder crossbow arrows, there are countless people howling and fleeing backwards, Lu Dongzan hatefully knocked on the stone wall, these warriors who have just come down from the Tibetan Plateau do not know what the gunpowder crossbow is, one is the thunder of the great god.
Although annoyed and ashamed, Lu Dongzan was not nervous, the camel city was too big to enter the Star Gorge. (To be continued......)
PS: Section 2