Chapter 167: Death

With Mutu's order, tens of thousands of Tibetan foot soldiers slowly entered the camp of the Changying army.

Although there was the light of the fire, a large part of the camp was still dim and obscure.

The ground in the camp was sprinkled with tung oil, and the sparks that fell to the ground occasionally caused small flames, but they didn't attract much attention.

What also did not attract the attention of the Tibetan people was some firewood and grass scattered in the camp......

The battle in the camp continued, but it was stubbornly blocked by the last line of defense consisting of long-tasseled military planks, fences, and eight-oxen crossbows.

Behind the line was a large clearing, in the middle of which were scattered seven or eight catapults, and several barrels full of tung oil.

Except for the three battalions of heavy infantry in the bloody battle at the front, the rest of the crossbowmen, engineers, cooks, logisticians and even all the light and serious wounded who came by themselves had gathered in the open space.

He who can hold a bow holds a bow, he who can use a crossbow holds a crossbow, and he who can hold the rope of a catapult holds the rope, and he who cannot move silently loads the crossbow with crossbow arrows.

"General Zhonglang, a quarter of an hour is up!"

"Let's get started!"

"Put!"

Nearby, on the periphery of the last line of defense of the Changying Army, the elite Tubo infantry who had just entered the camp were still fighting to the death with the Changying Army.

However, since the beginning of the war, there has been no large-scale arrow rain for three whole days, which makes these guys forget the existence of the arrow rain of the Tang army.

Almost instantly, dense arrows and crossbow arrows were frantically thrown out from the rear, and under the surprise, the Tubo army wailed all over the place, and the huge casualties made the Tubo soldiers suffer heavy casualties, but at this time, the elite infantry of the Tubo people still occupied an absolute advantage!

However, what made him even more devastated was not the rain of arrows in front of him.

Similarly, with the herald shouting, everyone worked together, and the catapult carrying the ignited fireballs was successfully fired, and one by one the burning fireballs were thrown into the distance.

One, two, three......

These fireballs rolled down, igniting a large amount of firewood and grass on the periphery, igniting tung oil scattered on the ground, and igniting all kinds of imperceptible ignitions.

The main body of the camp was wood, and the fire began to spread rapidly due to the action of the wind and the ignited by the fireballs scattered in all directions.

It didn't take long to start from the perimeter, and most of the battalion was already surrounded by fire.

Although they still had the advantage, seeing the raging fire burning from the rear, the hearts of all the Tibetan foot soldiers who were fighting on the front line were covered with fear.

Hesitation, hesitation, confusion, doubt, and uneasiness appeared in the middle of them, and the originally crazy offensive stalled.

In this case, the part of the large camp controlled by the Changying Army suddenly beat drums.

In the camp of the Changying Army, first the fire soared into the sky, and then the drums were beating, and the rumbling drums smoothly and rhythmically led to the real climax of the night.

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Just when the Tubo people on the front line had not yet recovered from their confusion, the sound of war cries was already accompanied by the beating of drums, and the Tang army, which had been on the defensive, launched a counter-charge under the cover of a dense rain of arrows.

As an anti-charge arrow, it was under Guo Rong's deliberate concealment, in the name of recuperation, that he watched the battle for a whole night, and the battle spirit and anger had been pushed to the peak of two hundred Mo sword soldiers.

The two hundred Mo sword soldiers who were at the peak of their physical strength and morale roared angrily, waving their snowy blades when they appeared in front of the Tubo people as if they were descending from the heavens.

Caught off guard, under the blade of the Mo knife soldiers, the Tubo foot soldiers at the forefront were cut and chopped into pieces.

Because of the fire, because of the war drums, because of the rain of arrows, because of exhaustion, the Tubo infantry who were not in the peak state were crushed under the ferocious attack of the Modao soldiers.

As the battle situation changed, a rain of arrows and crossbows from the rear began to extend to the front.

The elite Tubo infantry on the opposite line with the Changying Army, under the combined blows of Mo sword soldiers, arrows, and crossbow arrows, in just a few dozen breaths, the Tubo people on the line of the two sides engaged in the battle, the Tubo people changed from attacking to retreating.

The Mo sword soldiers who were on the offensive took advantage of the victory and began to pursue, followed by lancemen, spearmen, and pikemen who had fought for a night, and began to frantically pursue the fleeing Tibetans.

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Seeing this scene, Li Yu, who led three battalions to lurk outside the camp of the Tubo army, his eyes lit up, he gritted his teeth, and his expression was resolute.

"Sons, get ready, when the drums stop, it's time for us to strike!"

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In Jingzhou, Duan You, a veteran in his seventies, stood quietly above the city, his eyebrows furrowed, his fists clenched, and his body trembling.

He's been watching the battle at the top of the city for three days!

Thinking about Li Yu and Guo Rong sending the 7,000 Jingyuan troops back to Jingzhou City before the arrival of the Tuboans, he knew that he was wrong from the beginning, and he was very wrong!

The forbidden army called the Changying Army outside the city is hard and ruthless enough, not only is it not as ruthless as the enemy, but it is even more ruthless to itself!

"Duan Shuai, these seven thousand Jing Yuan troops will be returned, the boys will let Duan Shuai and the brothers of the border army see if we are soft eggs!"

"Duan Shuai, we believe in Duan Shuai's decision, I hope Duan Shuai will not use it lightly, do not send troops until the last moment, and if you go, you will win!"

These were the last two words that Guo Rong and Li Yu said to themselves before leaving.

"Boys, you've won, you're not soft, and I'm sure it's the last moment."

After muttering to himself, Duan You shouted.

"Order, all arms are ready to fight, the blood of the forbidden army has been shed enough, and then it's our turn, open the city gate the moment the drum stops, and the whole army will attack!"

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The sudden fire in the camp of the Tang Army made the Tibetan soldiers in the camp extremely nervous, and also made the Tibetan generals outside the camp feel very uneasy.

Coupled with the sound of the war drums that suddenly sounded, even Mutu felt uneasy and hesitant in his heart at a certain moment.

However, the amount of tung oil and fire oil stored in Jingzhou City is limited, and it can only be used as ignition for some important locations, but it cannot really completely cover the entire camp.

It didn't take long for the connection between inside and outside the Tang army camp to be re-established, and the offensive and defensive situation inside the camp was once again sent to Mutu.

After hearing that the Tang army was using fire and arrows to harass, and finally began to attack with the sound of drums, Mutu laughed loudly.

"Hah! Ha! Ha! wants to rely on this and turn defeat into victory, Tang Jun is delusional, this is Tang Jun's return to the light before he died! ”