Chapter 50: Skillful Entry into Shenwu (4)

There is no friendship between countries, some are just interests, and the same is true between tribes, even if now Fugu and Baye Gu are subjugated to Xue Yantuo at the same time, for the common interests of each other, the two tribes have formed an alliance, and they are also harmonious with each other on weekdays, but this does not mean that the Fugu tribe will definitely be born and die for the Baye Ancient Department, especially in the case that the Fugu Department has suffered heavy losses due to the attack on Shenwu and has gained nothing, let alone want to fight to the death with the "main force of the Tang Dynasty" for the sake of the Baye Ancient Department, This is the basic law of the survival of the grassland tribes, but there is nothing to say.

At the beginning of Xue Yantuo's invasion of the Tang Dynasty, he didn't want to come, and he also tried to persuade his brother to participate in this matter. Like chopping melons and chopping vegetables, the bullshit Turkic Khan Li Simo who was sealed by the Tang Dynasty was killed and fled in embarrassment, but since he entered the territory of the Tang Dynasty, the good fortune of the Fugu Department has come to an end - since the siege of Shenwu, the Fugu Department has been attacking for more than half a month, not only failed to break the city, but lost thousands of people and horses, seeing that the tribes that came with the tribe have made great gains, the Fugu people have long been red and want to drip blood, especially for the Baye Ancient Department who fought Kaiyang City alone is even more jealous, so after getting the news that the Baye Ancient Department was besieged by the Tang Army, The Fugu people didn't want to solve the siege at all, not to mention that at this moment, Shenwu could be lowered, seeing that a large amount of wealth was about to arrive, and he was in no mood to care about the life and death of the ancient people, who knew that when the Fugu people seized the time to attack Shenwu, the eldest prince of Xue Yantuo and the commander of the coalition army Dadu set an order, forcing the Fugu Department to send aid to Kaiyang, and in desperation, the Fugu Department had to postpone the attack on Shenwu and send 5,000 cavalry to relieve the siege of Yang.

Tong Jin Dagu actually didn't know whether there were ambushes of the Tang army hidden in Fosu Mountain, and he just talked casually, of course, he didn't believe that there was really a main force of the Tang Dynasty besieging Kaiyang City - those rangers who were killed and retreated by Yanmen Pass had already made the truth clear. The main army of the Tang Dynasty has not yet arrived, and it is only a part of the Yanmen defenders who have gone out of the pass, and there are only more than 5,000 defenders in Yanmen Pass, even if the whole army is dispatched, it is not very important, not to mention that the Yanmen Pass defenders still have to guard the city, how many soldiers can really be sent? According to Jin Dagu's view, the attack on the ancient department of Baye is just a small force of Tang army, just taking advantage of the night to play a sneak attack, how can it really be a ground soldier to surround Kaiyang, maybe at this time the Tang army who attacked Kaiyang has already returned to Yanmen Pass, the reinforcements of the service are definitely running in vain, as soon as I think of the Shenwu that is about to be broken, I Jin Dagu scolded the ancient department of Baye for being incompetent, but also too lazy to go on such a trip, but unfortunately Jin Dagu did not have the courage to resist the handsome order set by magnanimity, and could only reluctantly go on a journey, At this time, seeing that the 1,000 cavalry led by Baye Taku had already turned the corner of the mountain, and everything was safe, Tong Jin Dagu had no choice but to wave his hand lazily, and led his soldiers to stretch the formation and embark on the road into the mountain.

Hehe, it's really cautious, it's kind of interesting! Li Zhen didn't know the relationship between the Fugu Department and the Baye Ancient Department, seeing that the enemy army was divided into two groups and entered the mountain, he secretly became vigilant in his heart, and was a little hesitant, and was considering whether to cancel the plan to fight, but when he saw that the enemy army divided into two groups into the mountain had not sent sharp soldiers to inspect the situation on the hillside and the steep cliff, he was completely unguarded, and under the turn of his mind, he vaguely guessed that the two groups of enemy troops in front and back were only afraid that they were not all the way, but he didn't understand the root cause, and couldn't help frowning, For a while, I didn't make up my mind to fight.

Although the mountain road is tortuous and difficult to walk, the two armies of Bayegu and Fugu are all cavalry, and the speed is still not slow, and in an instant, the whole army of Bayegu and the vanguard of Fugu have walked out of the ambush circle of Li Zhen's department, Li Zhen finally made up his mind to fight, took a deep breath, and said to the herald standing on his side: "Beat the drum!" ”

With Li Zhen's order, several big drums sounded at the same time, the drum of "dong dong" echoed in the valley like a burst of thunder, shaking people's eardrums painfully, in the agitating drums, the Tang army that had been in ambush for a long time launched an attack, but saw the trees on both sides of the road, rolling stones fell violently, feathers and arrows flew sideways, and the Chinese army of the Fugu Department who was caught off guard suddenly fell into a panic, people turned over on their backs, the dead and wounded, the frightened war horses scurried around, and the already narrow mountain road was suddenly squeezed into a pot of porridge.

Tong Jin Dagu had already left the ambush circle of the Tang army with the front team, and was bored to move forward, when he suddenly heard the roaring drums behind him, followed by the deafening shouts of killing and the dying screams of his own soldiers, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, seeing that the terrain was unfavorable, how dare he turn around to save the Chinese army, and hurriedly shouted and ordered: "All the troops listen to the order, quickly, rush out." As soon as the words fell, he took the lead, led the front team of the Fugu Army to desperately beat the horses forward, galloped forward along the mountain road, and did not even dare to turn back, at the same time, the rear team of the Fugu Army was still outside the mountain, and when they heard the sound of killing in the mountain, they did not dare to go into the mountain to save the Chinese army, and they turned their horses to look at the road and galloped back.

Hey, hey, cool! Seeing that his own plan succeeded, Li Zhen was very proud, but he also understood that this battle must be resolved quickly, and when he saw that the front and rear troops of the Fugu Department fled for their lives, Li Zhen did not hesitate at all, and ordered loudly: "Blow the trumpet!" Kill and be sure to settle the battle as soon as possible! ”

In the terrible sound of the horn, the Tang army rushed down the cliff one after another, and smashed into the chaotic Fugu Chinese army, stabbed and slashed, mercilessly killed the chaotic Fugu army into a river of blood, corpses all over the field, an ambush battle ended in less than half an hour, the ambushed Fugu army left more than 1,000 corpses and fled, and the Tang army only paid the price of 20 dead and 40 wounded, which can be regarded as a great victory.

The victory was very easy, but Li Zhen was not proud for long, and even the smile on his face never appeared, without him, this victory was just an appetizer, and it was difficult to say whether he could enter Shenwu smoothly, besides, the time had dragged on for several hours than the original plan, and whether he could get the help agreed by the Yanmen Pass military Li Zhen was not sure in his heart, this was not the time to celebrate, therefore, as soon as the battle was over, Li Zhen didn't even have time to clean up the battlefield and ordered the whole army to rush towards Shenwu City.

At six o'clock in the morning, Li Zhen's army had arrived outside Shenwu City, and he could already see the continuous military camps of the Fugu Department outside the city from a distance. Li Ge replied, untied a huge folded kite from a camel horse and took it in his hand, and several guards who were proficient in the art of kite flying immediately ran forward, and slowly raised the kite in the wind, and the brightly colored butterfly kite fluttered in the air, even if it was ten miles away, it could be seen.

The Fugu rear army that was defeated and returned to the camp had already known the appearance of the Tang army, so as soon as Li Zhen's troops appeared, a lot of cavalry had rushed out of the Fugu camp in a chaotic manner, ready to assemble a cavalry formation, so that Li Zhen could be "welcomed" - the Fugu Department sent more than 20,000 troops this time, attacked Shenwu for more than half a month, killed and wounded more than 4,000 people, and took away 5,000 men and horses, except for the annihilation of the Chinese army and the former army fled to the direction of Kaiyang, the rear army that returned to the camp was less than 1,000 people, and then deducted 4,000 cavalry to keep the Tang army on guard in Shenwu City, The remaining nearly 7,000 men and horses have been out of the camp and lined up, but they look up to the Tang army - the men and horses of the Fugu Department are more than twice that of the Tang army, and they are all cavalry, on the flat ground outside Shenwu City, with superior cavalry to fight infantry, that is no longer called a war, that is called slaughter, of course, the infantry against the cavalry does not mean that there must be no power to fight, the famous Modao team in the Tang Dynasty infantry is a famous cavalry nemesis, but it is a pity that Li Zhen does not have such a type of troops in this vanguard army, if it is really to let the Fugu cavalry rush up, Even if Li Zhen's martial arts are the best in the world, it is not enough for people to cut it, except for relying on the horse to escape quickly, I am afraid that there is no second way to go.

At the moment of the great enemy, it would be absolutely deceptive to say that he was not nervous, Li Zhen's heart had already jumped to his throat, seeing that the formation of the Fugu cavalry was about to be arranged, and the originally expected cooperation of Yanmen Pass had not yet appeared, Li Zhen wanted to cry, of course, Li Zhen knew better: This must not be panicked, if the Fugu Department saw the timidity of the Tang Army, I was afraid that the fate of defeat was just around the corner.

"Array!" Li Zhen took a deep breath and gave the order to arrange the formation in a loud voice, the Tang infantry deserved to be a strong army in the world, facing the fierce servant cavalry, there was no trace of panic, but when the horn sounded, the two thousand and five Tang infantry troops quickly changed their formation and formed a phalanx, but it was not a defensive formation with the shield hand in front and the archer in the back, but the spearmen in front and the shield hand covering the archers in the back of the attack phalanx, the only incongruity was those half-hung cavalry, crowded outside the formation, very abrupt, although it was also a knife, guns in hand, but there is no formation at all, not to mention that it is not like the Tang cavalry army, which has always been strict in military discipline, and it is not even as good as the cavalry of the servant solid department.

Seeing that the Tang Army's actions were so strange, the Fugu Department was a little stunned, and did not dare to launch an attack for a while, just when the Fugu Department was hesitating, the Yanmen Pass direction was only three miles away from the Fugu camp behind a forest suddenly became a big smoke, and the posture looked like the spirit of thousands of troops and horses were rushing to kill, which suddenly made the Fugu cavalry army that had just arranged the formation in a big chaos, especially the right flank of the Fugu army near the direction of Yanmen Pass.

Ha, it's finally here! As soon as Li Zhen saw the smoke and dust, he was immediately overjoyed, and with a spear in his hand, he ordered loudly: "Attack!" Suddenly, the war drums and horns in the Tang Army formation sounded in unison, and the battle horn of "Tang Dynasty Mighty" sounded into the sky......