Section 14: White Yaks and Soldiers
Lu Dongzan and Tu Shi have long been ready to hold on, just to prevent Yun Ye from breaking out, the 40,000 army is trapped in the small Wild Horse Beach, surrounded by hundreds of thousands of enemies, as long as it is a person, they will feel great pressure, so they are ready to wait for work, since attacking Camel City will cause a large number of casualties, then let Camel City take the initiative to attack themselves.
In an instant, ten days flew by, Lu Dongzan gritted his teeth and watched the Tang soldiers fetch water at the clear spring, some would even take off their clothes and take a bath, and even the clothes of the women could be seen drying on the camel city, except for the cavalry parade every day, Yun Ye was surprisingly quiet, he didn't seem to care how many people were besieged.
The more time passes, the more Lu Dongzan's heart sinks, and the camel city in motion will have a hole to drill for itself, and now it stands there as a strong city, just like a walnut, if you want to eat the flesh, you must knock open the hard shell outside.
The Jade Dragon Snow Mountain has fallen, and when he thinks of Li Daozong's ugly face, Lu Dongzan was so angry that he couldn't help himself, and he opened the bow without turning back, since he decided that the situation in the Western Regions was more important than the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, this was the price he should pay.
"I don't believe that Yun Ye's camel city can go on like this forever, I even think this is a trap, they deliberately did it for us to see, as long as we wait patiently for a few more days, he Yun Ye will not be able to sit still, so he will take the initiative to attack, and then we will annihilate his entire army in the process of breaking through."
Lu Dongzan shook his head and said to Tu Shi: "Yun Ye is full of wisdom, he is the number one smart person in the Tang Kingdom, and he can't be measured by the hearts of ordinary people, I have been in the Tang Kingdom for five years, and I am familiar with that country, and I have almost traveled all over the streets and alleys of Chang'an City." There is only one place I have never set foot in, and that place is Yushan Academy! ”
"It's just a academy, all of them are literati who are studying, so there's nothing to worry about. In the future, when we set foot in Chang'an, it will not be a problem for you to live in it. Tu Shi's answer was very boring.
Lu Dongzan looked at his ally sadly. slammed his fist on the table and said: "Yun Ye doesn't attack, he must have something to rely on, I have carefully observed the Tang army in the past few days, their demeanor is leisurely, this is definitely not pretending, it can only show that they have no worries about food and clothing in the camel city, and if they continue to consume like this, when Li Jing's army and Yun Ye's army meet, we will never have the slightest chance." At all costs. I'm going to send troops tomorrow to give it a try. “
Lu Dongzan said the words but did not get the reaction that Tu Shi deserved, raised his head and looked into Tu Shi's eyes and said word by word: "I know what you have in mind, I think that in addition to the Eastern Expedition, I also have the road of Western Expedition to go, right?"
Don't dream, you killed Guo Xiaoke and the 20,000 soldiers under his command, how could the arrogant emperor of the Tang State swallow this breath, once we fail, even if we exhaust the eight wildernesses. He'll find you and break you to pieces, in fact, since we started our crusade. No one had a way out, so they could only grit their teeth and go on.
Let's fight tomorrow, even if you fill it with human life, you have to test the reality of Yun Ye, you can't, we are Tubo. ”
Lu Dongzan saw the situation of the entire Eastern Crusade very clearly, that is, it was absolutely impossible for his people to retreat. Since he has betrayed the suzerain, there is only one way to run to the black, and no one can withstand the punishment from the Tang Kingdom.
Tu Shi nodded helplessly, and the annihilation of Guo Xiaoke's troops had already greatly damaged the vitality of the Turkic coalition army. Now that he has to deal with Yun Ye, who is several times stronger than Guo Xiaoke, he seems to see the mountains of corpses and bones under Qiuzi City again.
The letter from the Great Elder was like a soldering iron in his arms, ironing his heart all the time, it turned out that Shazha was very easy to fight, it turned out that the Great Cannibal was very weak in this generation, and it turned out that the army of the Tianzhu people was so vulnerable.
After the hatred was shattered by the cruel reality, all that remained was a consideration of the stakes, and the Great Elder told him the truth about the rear, and also told him about the difficult situation of the people, and finally said that the situation of Barge Ma entering the country of Shazha was described in one sentence, ten thousand people attacked the city, and one drum could be launched.
10,000 people can wipe out Shazha, why should he take more than 400,000 soldiers to fight hard in the desert to find the most vicious enemy? It was only at this time that Tu Shi realized that the price of revenge was too heavy, and he could hardly accept it.
The desert morning was still cool, and the camel city had already begun to get busy, because today was different from the past, and the Turks and Tibetans in large groups had crossed the trench and began to attack the camel city.
Since the route of the cavalry parade has been occupied by the Tibetans and Turks, Cheng Chumo took the cavalry to stand on the high slope and look at the enemy who came like a tide, Yun Ye did not allow his cavalry to enter the place where there was not much grass, the soldiers cut the grass and fed the camels, and by the way, buried gunpowder in the area of that area, which is also a new type of gunpowder bullet, I heard that it is specially made for infantry, it is not very powerful, and it generally does not kill people, but he can bring great danger to his legs.
A soldier found that all the Tibetans had entered the gunpowder area, and ran desperately to the main formation with a thick fuse, running very regularly.
Even if the earth collapsed, the Turks had seen gunpowder bullets, and they could not have imagined that the earth they trusted most would collapse and become dangerous, and the explosions were so dense that many people thought that there was only one sound, and after the smoke cleared, there were wounded soldiers everywhere, and all the elite soldiers who were sharp in the front fell into a pool of blood and let out a terrible roar.
Yun Ye retracted the telescope and said to Du Ruhui: "In the future, on the battlefield, the use of gunpowder will reach a point of supernatural power, and I even dare to assert that whoever masters the secret of gunpowder will be able to grasp the greatest initiative in the remaining hundreds of years." At this point, we are one step ahead for the time being, and there is still a long way to go. “
Du Ruhui also put down the telescope in his hand and sighed: "The old man is worried that in the future, when the war develops to the extreme, everyone will do everything, as long as it is a weapon that can effectively kill the enemy, they will take it out and use it, just like the Turks threw dead bodies everywhere before.
The explosion in front had just ended, and there was an earth-shattering sound in the back, Du Ruhui looked at the rising black smoke and said, "Is it appropriate for you to give His Majesty Xià?" We are as stable as Mount Tai in the camel city, you have to say that it is like a tired egg, your aunt is old, I don't know if she can withstand it. "Old man, this is a common practice in the army, don't say in the crisis and tragedy that it is not good for the soldiers to return to Chang'an in the future, you see, suddenly Shi is leaving as soon as he touches it, it is obviously preserving his strength. I'm sure this guy must be thinking about returning to Talas, the city of Shattered Leaves, and then immediately set out on his expedition west. "Do you think Tushi will pit the Tibetan people?" "It's hard to say, it depends on whether Tushi has the mind of a hero, in fact, now we are dragged by the Tubo people and can't leave, he can calmly retreat, and turn to attack the west with all his might, so far he has not made a decision, which means that this guy can't become a big weapon." "Listen, the Tubo people are still attacking non-stop, the sound of gunpowder explosion has sounded three times, Lu Dongzan is a ruthless man, he knows that if he doesn't continue, his efforts will be wasted, but he didn't expect that the Turks have returned to the trench."
Du Ruhui has some pity for the Tubo people, and it is estimated that there are corpses all over the place now.
"Put the wounded soldiers in front of the trench so that the Turks can take them away." Yun Ye watched the battle situation for a while, and then issued an order to Liu Zhengwu.
"Those people can't survive, they are injured in the summer, especially gunpowder wounds, which are the most difficult to recover, if you pity them, it is better to kill them with a knife." Lao Du felt that Yun Ye's methods were a little too much.
"I will never let go when I can effectively hit the enemy, dying in the arms of my own people is more shocking than dying on the battlefield, these wounded soldiers may be able to help Tushi make up his mind early."
After Yun Ye finished speaking, he went directly to Houcheng, he wanted to see what supported the Tubo people to step in bravely knowing that it was a trap. When I arrived in Houcheng, I saw a Tibetan man carrying a fox tail on the tip of a gun, and I understood it all, and whoever retreated, this fox tail would be worn around the guy's neck, indicating that he was as timid as a fox.
"Handsome! These guys are really ruthless, and no one has retreated to the fox's tail until now, and Lu Dongzan is determined to let these thousand Tubo people find out the truth. Fan Hongyi was in charge of the city defense of the back city, and in the face of the toughness of the Tubo people, he also secretly admired.
The Tubo people walked very carefully at every step, so they unconsciously opened the straggler line, the lethality of the gunpowder was not as great as it was at the beginning, Lu Dongzan's 1,000 men were not thrown away in vain, he now at least knew that when fighting against Yun Ye's army, a loose front must be much better than a dense battle formation.
As the big feet of the Tubo people crossed the cordon, the sound of the eight bull crossbows sounded, only a rain of arrows, and only the guy with the fox's tail was left standing in the entire battle array, he hesitated, and chose to move on, Yun Ye saw this guy crying in the telescope, and his expression was extremely hideous, but he found that this guy's footsteps did not hesitate at all, and even walked faster and faster, and after leaving, he actually rushed through the three-hundred-meter crossbow arrow defense area with a spear,
Yun Ye didn't give an order, knowing that that guy could pass through the defensive area of the crossbow, thanks to the damn sense of honor of his subordinates, Tang Ren is this kind of virtue, he likes to admire strong enemies, and even if he dies the enemy, he will smile on his face.
This is a small child, with a childish look on his face, standing under the city with a spear and frantically attacking the camel city, he can find nothing but a shallow dent in the giant shield.
Just when Fan Hongyi was about to give the order to kill this Tubo man, a white yak slowly came out of the Tubo military array, which was the most noble etiquette of the Tubo people, and they wanted to exchange this white yak for that heroic little soldier.
"Kill him!" Du Ruhui gave Fan Hong an order gently. (To be continued......)
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