Chapter 750: Water Shortage
The heavily armored cavalry rolled away like a torrent of steel, crushing a large vacuum that no one could stop.
Luo Zhang's fighter has a very strong grasp ability, sees the opportunity to appear, and leads the troops to rush forward, the bright scimitar, the swift speed, and the fearless style of play instantly expand the vacuum area.
Cheng Chumo was not stupid, and led the troops to rush up.
Although Xue Wanche and Fang Yiai's troops were not in charge, the division commanders were all veterans of a hundred battles, with excellent people and rich experience, and they led their troops to rush up to kill.
Although there are a lot of losses in continuous battles, there are still more than 20,000 people in each army until now, and there are more than 80,000 people in the four armies, and the Tubo army still has more than 30,000 people left after the battle just now, and its morale is low.
Soon, the Tibetan army was defeated like a mountain, and fled frantically along the canyon.
Where is the Hanzhou army willing to miss the fat in the mouth, and strive to chase and kill, the corpses that are directly killed are all over the field, and the blood is flowing like a river, even the people who lost their weapons and surrendered will not let go, a head is always silver, where to pick it up?
The battle turned into a one-sided slaughter!
One fled frantically, one pursued and killed, an hour later, 30,000 Tibetan infantry were slaughtered, the cavalry had horses, ran fast, plus the infantry palace, delayed for some time, had run away, but the soldiers were unwilling to cook the duck flew away, and chased after it.
They are all war horses, and their speed is about the same, so it is difficult to chase and kill for a while.
Until dark, there was still no trace of the enemy, Luo Zhang and other generals summed up and decided to continue the pursuit, not to give the Tubo cavalry time to breathe, but the team deliberately distanced some, once there was an ambush, it would not be completely surrounded.
This chase is two days and two nights, chasing out of the Tanggula Mountains, the front suddenly opens, the terrain becomes flat, and a distance further forward is a vast grassland, a large army is stationed in front, tents and camps for more than ten miles, densely packed, countless flags, people shouting horses neighing, so lively.
In front of the formation was the horse rejection pile, and an army of archers lined up behind the horse rejection pile, murderous.
Behind the archers were countless cavalry, and the formation was strong, hidden and hidden.
Luo Zhang Lema motioned for the army to stop and watch carefully.
Xue Wanchece stepped forward immediately, stood side by side, looked ahead and said excitedly: "It's the main force of Tubo, actually waiting here, are they going to run away?" “
"The terrain here is flat and there is no danger to defend, why did you choose here?" Cheng Chumo rode over, looking at the eyes in front of him slightly condensed, and his words were full of curiosity.
"Whatever, it's over!" Fang Yiai said indifferently, and also rode up, stood side by side, stared at the Tubo army in front and continued: "Our army has pursued repeatedly, the soldiers are tired and tired, and they can't fight anymore, let them live one more day, and wait for our army to recover their strength, and the heavy armored cavalry will open the way, and the battle will be decided." “
Luo Zhang couldn't help but remind: "There are more than 150,000 troops in the Tubo army, our army has fought repeatedly, the physical consumption is huge, plus the damage is more than 30%, and the total strength of the first battle is only 150,000, the strength is comparable, the Tubo army is stationed here, obviously it is also counted as our total strength, and I still want to fight, and I will not run again for the time being, I propose to retreat five miles to be on guard, and wait for the King of Han to come over and make a decision." “
Everyone is brave and brave, not stupid, after the first battle of the canyon, each person only brought more than 10,000 people to chase up, the total is only 50,000, and to go up to provoke 150,000 is to find death.
The armies slowly retreated, found a place to stop, and distributed in a triangle to prevent the Tibetan army from attacking.
After sending scouts to keep an eye on the defense, the army dismounted and rested, letting the war horses eat the grass, Luo Zhang found a place to sit down and rest, took out the water bladder and poured a few mouthfuls, Liu Yidao, the head of the guard regiment, hurriedly came over and said in a low voice: "General, the brothers are not carrying much water, and they have been surveyed around, it is not like there is water, do you want to send more people to search farther away?" “
"Yes, be careful." Luo Zhang agreed, you can stay up all night without food, and there will be a big incident if you don't have water.
Liu Yidao hurriedly arranged for people to disperse.
Half an hour later, the scattered people came back one after another, their faces were ugly, Liu Yidao chuckled in his heart, asked a few words, and hurriedly came to Luo Zhang's side to report: "General, brothers have looked for it, but there is no water." “
"If there is no water, expand the area, and make sure to find a water source." Luo Zhang's face changed, and he paid attention to it.
Liu Yidao explained with a bitter face: "The brothers searched for half an hour, and they didn't find water for more than 30 miles, even if there was water farther away, there was no way to solve the problem, unless they changed the place to station, and the brothers who searched said that there was a big lake in the rear of the Tubo army, but the Tubo army was stationed around the lake and was heavily defended. ”
"I see, I said, why did the Tubo army choose to be stationed here?" Luo Zhang suddenly realized, but the cruel truth was in front of him, without solving the water source problem, it would be difficult for the army to survive.
After pondering for a moment, Luo Zhang solemnly admonished: "It is not advisable to withdraw the troops too far, let the brothers carefully search the vicinity, and in addition, send someone to return the same way and inform the King of Han of the situation here." ”
"Obey!" Liu Yidao hurried to arrange.
Luo Zhang looked in the direction of the Tubo army, his brows were slightly locked, and he was silent.
Not long after, Xue Wanche, Fang Yiai, and Cheng Chumo came together, Fang Yiai was anxious, and he couldn't hide his words in his heart, so he said when they met: "Luo Zhang, there is no water nearby, and a few of my troops' war horses are dying of thirst, and a few of them are similar, you know this, right?" ”
Luo Zhang nodded and said: "I asked people to continue the search, and told the King of Han to go, the Tubo army is stationed in the water, obviously knowing that there is a shortage of water nearby, and the lake is the only source of water, they want to wait for us to die of thirst, so as to calculate." ”
"This is a conspiracy, just put out a defense to prevent our army from taking water, it won't take two days for the war horses to run, and the soldiers will not be able to fight again after three days, our army will be defeated, but if you attack to get water, the cost is too great, this matter is a little difficult to do, what can you do?" Xue Wanche asked.
Everyone exchanged glances and shook their heads.
"Let's wait for King Han to come over and make a decision." Luo Zhang sighed, he finally took the initiative, and he lost his armor on foot, but he didn't know that he was short of water and fell into passivity, and this battle was not easy to fight.
Cheng Chumo agreed: "Our army has just arrived, and its foothold is unstable, but the Tubo army does not take the initiative to attack, but only defensively, and our army is not allowed to approach, it can be seen that it wants to defend, and wait for our army to fight a decisive battle after the lack of water, and will not attack in a short time, but the defense that should be there cannot be less, let's sum it up." “
Everyone nodded, and after a while, they dispersed.
When the sky was dark, they scattered to find a water source and returned, but they still found nothing, so it can be seen that there is really no water available nearby, and the only water source is the lake behind the Tubo army.
No water, it's a big problem!
A cloud of sorrow permeated the hearts of the officers and men of the Hanzhou Army, anxious and worried.
Luo Zhang finally calmed down the troops, walked out of the camp, found a dirt slope, stood with his hands in his hands, and coldly looked at the direction of the Tubo army, while thinking about countermeasures.
The cost of a strong attack is too great, but if you don't attack it, there will be no water, and the cost is even greater.
This decision was not good, and gradually, Luo Zhang's brows twisted into a deep Sichuan character.
The bright moon was in the sky, and the shadow of Luo Zhang was pulled.
Lonely, cold and arrogant!