Chapter 866: Night Attack on Tongluo Camp
In this battle, Li Chongbao captured more than 7,000 horses and countless swords and guns of all kinds, which strengthened the momentum of the Tang army and directly expanded its combat effectiveness.
Only 300 cavalry soldiers were left in the Gobi River and fled to Nanfenggou to be blocked by the Tang army's wooden-walled camp, and finally had to dismount and surrender, but the commander Bi Qige was nowhere to be found, as if he had disappeared from the battlefield.
Gao Zhi, the leader of the Tongluo cavalry, who was blocked outside the Nanfeng Gully, did not realize what was happening, and was still waiting for the Luoluo River to take the initiative to break out of the encirclement.
In the early morning of the second day, Li Chongbao stood among the mountains with his cloak stained with blood, he held the tip of his spear to the sky, and shouted an order to the soldiers standing at the foot of the mountain: "Our army's momentum is like a rainbow, I think it is better to take advantage of the strong morale to rush out of the Nanfeng Gully to attack the Tongluo cavalry, and we will kill it happily." ”
Cen Shen, the deputy envoy of Jiedu, stood next to him and said: "The general is right, our army is brave at the right time, taking advantage of the fact that this blood has not yet cooled down, directly rushed out of the Nanfeng Gully and attacked the camp of the Tongluo army. ”
The soldiers stood in the ravine, holding their weapons aloft and shouting, "Kill! Kill! Kill! ”
The momentum shook the valley like a dragon and a tiger.
Li Chongbao held Yang Yi's shoulder and said: "This time, our army was able to achieve a big victory, and it was mostly thanks to Mr. Yang who abandoned the darkness and came all the way to Wuxiang to offer advice to me. When the war in Hedong is over, I will write to my father and ask him to perform for you. I would also like to ask my sir to join the army as my festival. ”
Yang Yi hurriedly turned around and bowed and crossed his hands and said, "Yang Yi is terrified that he can be promoted by the general." ”
Li Chongbao said with a smile: "Why be afraid, you don't have to be so formal and polite by my side in the future, in the future, we will not only be superiors and subordinates, but also colleagues and friends." ”
As he spoke, he jumped off the mountain, leaving Yang Yi, who was staring at him, thinking to himself behind him.
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Li Chongbao personally led 30,000 soldiers and horses out of Erlong Mountain to the side of Wuxiang County in Nanfenggou, and after a little rectification, he decided to rush out of the valley in the early morning to attack the enemy, which could achieve the effect of surprise.
They set up camp in the middle of the night to prepare, the third watch made food, and the fourth watch prepared war horses, and before dawn came, the sky was very dark, and even the stars in the sky were very dim.
Li Chongbao held a torch in his hand, and behind him was a cavalry soldier of the Flying Tiger who was also holding a torch, and from a distance, it seemed that the galaxy of stars had gathered.
He planted the flag on his back, ordered the wooden city wall to open the camp gate, and rushed out of the camp with spears in hand, and the soldiers who followed him gathered behind him as if a meteor shower had converged into the Milky Way.
The night breeze blew on their faces, and Li Chongbao lay on the horse's back, whipped the horse's buttocks and sped up his speed, and his round eyes looked at the stars in the camp of the enemy army opposite.
"Drive!" The horse's momentum grew faster and faster, and thousands of iron horsemen followed him in unison. The soldiers on guard in the enemy camp heard the sound of thousands of horses galloping, and hurriedly rang the gong and shouted: "Get up quickly, the Tang army is attacking the camp!" ”
The horsemen hurriedly rolled over and got up from the ground, and hurried to find their horses. Shi Chaoyi jumped up from the sheep felt with a loud shout, and at this moment he was not thinking about how to organize soldiers to deal with the enemy, but thinking that he was extremely noble, and he could not die in this place, let alone fall into the hands of the enemy. Gao Zhi rushed out of the tent wearing only an iron helmet, looking like a big-headed doll, which was extremely ridiculous.
The soldiers hurriedly led his horse over, and shouted in his mouth: "General, retreat, the Tang army is coming!" ”
"Panic what! The Tang army has not yet attacked the camp, you must not mess with your own positions! Give me to the camp gate to stop it! ”
Li Chongbao had already taken the lead in rushing to the camp of the Tongluo cavalry, threw off his arms and threw the torch towards the enemy camp, and landed on one of the felt tents, and the flames gradually rushed upward with the wind. The rest of the soldiers followed him and threw their torches into the enemy camp, and the fire began to spread in all directions.
He galloped up on the snow treadmill given by his father, and fell directly into the enemy camp by crossing the rejection horse, and he turned back on his horse and picked up the rejection horse, and the soldiers took the opportunity to attack the camp through the gap he had picked out, and slashed the enemy in all directions.
"Kill! The reward for capturing the enemy alive is 200, and the general will promote you as a lieutenant general! ”
The leader of Tongluo, Gao Zhi, was also a strong and brave man, riding on a fat horse and wielding an iron bone duo to sweep the two Tang soldiers who rushed over to attack to the ground one by one. The rest of the soldiers stepped forward with their shields and waited for an opportunity to assassinate them in the gaps with their spears, but the thieves defended them tightly, wielding their iron bones so tightly that no one could get close to them for a while.
Gao Zhi laughed wildly: "Grandchildren, grandpa is here, whoever has the courage to take the bounty just come over!" ”
This roar was extremely powerful, like turning on a high-powered subwoofer, and shocked the surrounding soldiers to retreat and dare not step forward.
Li Chongbao came with a gun and rode his horse, and also shouted: "Get out of the way for me!" ”
Hearing this, the soldiers dodged on both sides, and the snow treading black horse had already arrived at a gallop, and Li Chongbao stabbed straight into the chest with a spear between his armpits, and his momentum was as fast as a lightning wind.
Gao Zhi swung the iron bone Duo Xiang to shoot the head of the gun, and after hitting it, it was like smashing on a thousand boulders, which shocked him and made his mouth numb. After Li Chongbao was fired at the head of the gun, he quickly turned the tail of the gun and swept over, but the high support smashed again but could not be blocked, and he hurriedly leaned back and lay on the horse's back.
The snow treading black horse had already galloped past, Li Chongbao turned around from his horse and stabbed back the carbine, and his right shoulder, which was highly supported in the middle, was even the shoulder armor was picked up in the distance.
He hurriedly leaned over his horse and fled into the distance, and a group of Tongluo cavalry followed his horses and fled towards the outside of the camp.
While leading the men and horses to pursue, Li Chongbao untied the horn bow from the horse's back, mounted the arrow and shot it away, and one sharp arrow shot out faster, and the two horsemen who were blocking the height of the support fell in response.
The Flying Tiger Riders excitedly shouted: "General Li is mighty!" “
He drew his horned bow and fired another arrow, which struck the back of the high branch, which made the leader of Tongluo cry out in pain, and hurriedly leaned over to the other side of the horse, and dodged into the galloping fleeing procession.
Li Chongbao took out the arrows in the quiver again, and when he raised them to his hand, he found that the high branch had been mixed in the herd of horses and could not be distinguished.
At this time, the sky was already bright, and the whole army of Tongluo cavalry was defeated and panicked, scattered through a dozen ravines, regardless of whether he fled in the right direction or not. The crown prince Shi Chaoyi was also in this fleeing team, and after tossing in the middle of the night, he was already disheveled and embarrassed. When he was in a depressed mood, he saw Gao Zhi holding his shoulders and catching up with the large army with a bloody face, and he was suddenly in a much better mood, and said with a smile: "Yo, isn't this a tall general, don't you claim to be the strongest in the world with your Tongluo cavalry, what do you say now?" ”
Gao Zhi glanced at him with a cold face, and said coldly to the second generation of the emperor: "His Royal Highness the Prince, if you lose this battle, Your Majesty has lost face, how can you still be happy, you are really your father's good son." ”
Shi Chaoyi was speechless for a moment, so he had to look angrily.