Chapter 690: Night Attack on Taozhou
The straight-line distance from Hezhou to Taozhou is only about 150 kilometers.
The army set off in the afternoon, and a large number of guards scattered to act as scouts, strangling all the Tibetan scouts they encountered on the road, blocking news, hiding their whereabouts, and traveling day and night.
At dusk the next day, the army quietly came to a mountain ten miles away from Taozhou to hide, pacify the war horses so as not to make a sound, the soldiers silently ate dry food to recover their strength, and walked for a day and a night, although the war horses walked, but they were not lightly tired, especially the buttocks, they had to grind blood, but no one complained.
After the sky was dark, Qin Huaidao personally led a team of people to Taozhou City to investigate, and saw that there were many mountains around, the mountains were not high, but there were many ravines, undulating and uneven, and the long earthen city wall was built according to the terrain, which was not conducive to the approach of the war horses, so they could only fight on foot.
"Do you know how many people are inside?" Qin Huaidao said and looked at Luo Wu.
Luo Wu shook his head and said: "I don't know, I heard that this is the only way to trade with Tibet, an important commercial town, presumably the population will not be small, from the perspective of the size of the city, one or two thousand people should be able to accommodate it, even if the Tubo methods are cruel, the old people are killed, and the young and strong women and children are taken away, there are at most 20,000 garrisons, and no more can be accommodated." ”
Luo Ying objected: "There are not many patrolling soldiers on the city wall, it can be seen that this is not the focus of Tubo's defense, it should be occupied and don't want to give up, so I just sent thousands of people to garrison, there are many people, and there is not enough food in the city, so I can't stay for too long." ”
"How?" Luo Wu asked rhetorically.
Qin Huaidao observed for a moment and said: "With the method of preparing to attack Hezhou before, the Guards Regiment took advantage of the darkness to wait for the troops to be ready and then blew up the door, entered the city to fight, and started before dawn, the army is not strong enough now." ”
"Makes sense, I sent someone to inform An Guogong?" Luo Wu proposed, and after getting Qin Huaidao's nod and acquiescence, he quickly called one person up, gave a few words, and the other party agreed, and hurriedly returned.
"Let's also rest for a while, pay attention to vigilance, and shoot directly when we find someone approaching." Qin Huaidao told that the city gate had been closed, and no one would come out in the middle of the night, unless there were scouts.
And they scattered out, each looking for a hiding place.
Qin Huaidao also found a depression to lie down, closed his eyes and recuperated, but his ears were pricked up, and he remained vigilant.
In the misty lake, Qin Huaidao heard someone talking, opened his eyes and saw that it was An Guogong who came over and was chatting with Luo Wu about something, so he sat up and asked, "What time is it?" ”
"A quarter or so." Luo Wu replied.
Qin Huaidao looked at the eastern sky, there was already a faint red light, and it was about to dawn, at this time, people were sleeping soundly, even if they woke up when they heard the movement, their brains were groggy and they didn't want to get up, it was the best time to attack, and looked at An Guogong: "Are you ready?" ”
"The brothers have slept well, their strength is recovering well, and everything is ready."
"That's good, the Guards will go first." Qin Huaidao looked at Luo Wu.
Luo Wu nodded knowingly, and gestured to the four squads that were already ready to go not far away, and the four squad leaders nodded knowingly, waved their big hands, and hurriedly left with their respective squads, heading straight for the city.
Qin Huaidao came to the hillside, looking into the distance, he could clearly see that the entire city fell into a deep sleep, and he couldn't hear any sound from the quiet, and some lights could be faintly seen.
The four squads were like wolves foraging for food, and then the night cover quickly approached, and the speed began to slow down, using the surrounding terrain to cover and avoid the sight of the patrolling defenders on the city wall to continue to advance.
After waiting for a while, the four teams managed to touch it without alarming anyone.
Qin Huaidao smiled with satisfaction, the training was not bad, and looked at Luo Ying: "It's your turn, a regiment is in charge of a door, first touch it and hide it, think about it, and launch a charge." ”
"Understood." Luo Ying replied solemnly and waved his hand.
Under the leadership of the regiment commander, the four regiments of the special operations army, which had long been ready to go, moved swiftly, bowed forward one by one, followed closely in front and back, landed silently, and walked like a fly, like a long winding dragon rushing up.
An Guogong was secretly surprised when he saw this scene, this army ...... How did you do it?
At this time, Qin Huaidao looked at An Guogong and continued: "The number of enemies in the city is unknown, for the sake of safety, fight together, you lead people to kill through the four gates respectively. ”
The lion fights the rabbit with all his might, how can he underestimate the enemy on the battlefield?
"Obey." An Guogong hurried to prepare.
Qin Huaidao's gaze fell on Taozhou again, his gaze became cold, Taozhou is not big, but the location is important, and the soldiers must fight for it, and if he takes it, he will block the passage for Tubo to escape.
The next moment, Qin Huaidao shouted: "Put a signal." ”
A cannon shot through the sky, blasting out a large ball of fire, and the attack began.
The soldiers of the Guards Regiment, who had long been hiding in the doorway, decisively lit the explosives pack, stacked them on the door, and quickly left, hiding on both sides of the doorway, and they were already very experienced.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
The sound of explosions one after another, one after another, shook the night sky, and broke the silence of heaven and earth.
The sky-high fire dispelled the night, evil and weird.
The gates were blown down, earth was splashed, and smoke filled the air.
Not far away, the officers and men of the special operations army who had already been in place quickly rushed up, one by one indifferent, like a pack of wild wolves foraging for food, and the war knives reflected the moonlight, cold and sharp.
The sound of the explosion alarmed the defenders in the city, but as Qin Huaidao analyzed, the reaction was not fast, and they slept one by one, thinking that it was thunder, so they turned over and continued to sleep.
The soldiers on duty on the city wall were stunned, and when they reacted, the soldier in charge of blowing up the door had already touched it, and he shot a crossbow when he saw someone, and shot quickly and ruthlessly.
"Not good, enemy attack!"
"Quick, stop them!"
"Beat the drum to warn!"
"Seal the gates!"
Exclamations rang out, filled with panic, shock and urgency.
Many people rushed to hear the news and tried to kill the people who blew up the gate and blocked the city gate again.
But everyone hid in the hole of the city gate and did not come out, relying on the crossbow to counterattack, and it was difficult for the Tubo to get close.
Soon, the men of the special operations army entered the city, and the more people there were, the more crossbows were lost, forming a large net of killing the enemy to the ground, and the soldiers took the opportunity to rush into it and kill anyone they saw.
Pei Xingjian has been promoted to battalion commander with a wave of his hand, and rushed to the city wall with his troops, just a dozen Tubo soldiers rushed down, and everyone shot in a wave, all of them were killed, and they took the opportunity to go to the city, Pei Xingjian quickly observed the surroundings, and chose the direction of more people to take the lead in rushing up.
The soldiers followed closely, a battalion of five squads, two teams were responsible for shooting the enemy in front, one team followed closely behind, and did not shoot, ready to respond, to ensure that the output continued, the other team was on guard behind, and the remaining team shot down the city, covering the friendly troops, and the cooperation was very tacit.
In the hazy moonlight, a battalion of soldiers is like a deadly Grim Reaper, and the uninterrupted crossbow is the fangs of Death, taking away the lives of the enemy.
Soon, the crossbow was missed, and Pei Xingjian quickly stopped and shouted: "Change the box!" ”
The two teams walking in front quickly stopped, skillfully changed the crossbow box, and the team that had been following the standby quickly stepped forward, continued to output, and continued to press the other party to fight.
Soon, everyone changed their crossbows and went into battle again.
The other battalions also cooperated closely with Pei Xingjian's side, crushing them all the way.
Terrible repeaters, terrible collaboration!
A team is like a man, a battalion is like a man, and the whole army is like a sophisticated and efficient killing machine.
At this moment, the combat effectiveness of the special operations army completely exploded, and no one could stop it.
When An Guogong rushed into the city with people, his eyes were full of corpses, and the special operations army was already besieging the center of the city, and the battle was almost over.
"Huh?"
An Guogong took a breath of cold air, who can stop such a powerful army?
What's more, he also has explosives bags, grenades and other murder weapons, and one army is enough to block 100,000 soldiers.
At this moment, An Guogong was extremely glad that he had chosen the team Han Wang, if he continued to stay in the court, not to mention whether he would be suppressed, if he really faced such a strong army, it would be a dead end.
And there is no suspense!
"Patriarch, they ...... It's so strong! One of the generals exclaimed.
An Guogong glanced at the other party, and solemnly admonished: "You just brought troops from the tribe, you don't know the outside situation, you don't know the king of Han, remember for me, put away your pride and arrogance, if you make a mistake, don't need the king of Han to make a move, the old man personally cut off your head, expelled from the tribe, and you ......"
As he spoke, his sharp gaze swept over the people around him, full of warning.
It's not that Anguo is recognized as cowardly, and there is no blood bravery, but the special operations army is too strong, not to mention that there is also the Guards Regiment, although there are only a few hundred people, but the combat effectiveness is even more unfathomable, and it also has terrible explosives bags, shells and other things, which cannot be provoked.
Everyone looked awe-struck and nodded their heads to write them down.
"Go help!"
"Drive!"
The crowd rushed forward with their horses.