It's much darker here in the Western Regions than in Middle Earth, don't look at it it's just evening, the sun has just set in the distance, but it's actually already midnight (seven, eight or nine o'clock in the evening).

The soldiers of the Tang Army, who had eaten and drunk enough, arranged the camp and sentries, and took off their suits from the pack horses to set up tents.

The night in the wilderness was very cold, and when the cold wind blew like a whistling knife.

Without effective cold equipment, it is common for people to freeze to death.

There are many large and small cities in the Western Regions, and even if the conditions are difficult, they must be built, because even the worst walls and houses can withstand the invasion of cold winds.

Even if it is a wild beard, they will use cowhide tents to protect themselves.

The Tang army was naturally well-equipped here, and Li Yunze brought advanced combined tents.

The sergeants of the same clan each had their own single tent, which could accommodate one person when propped up.

It is also possible to combine tents for ten people and construct a large tent that can hold the entire manpower.

Sprinkle insect repellent medicine around the tent, spread a thick woolen blanket in the tent, wrap cotton clothes and cover the quilt, and it doesn't matter how strong the cold wind outside.

In the middle of the night, it suddenly rained heavily in the sky.

This unexpected change in weather made many soldiers worry about whether the order to attack would be changed.

However, until it was time to cook at three o'clock, he had not received a new order.

In such weather conditions, the firehead army propped up a large canopy made of rubber and wore thick raincoats to make a fire for cooking.

Naturally, the food in the army will not be exquisite, even if the restaurants in Chang'an City have begun to transform into exquisite at this time, and the food in the army is already based on making enough food in a short period of time.

This time, the staple dish is fried noodles, with dried meat and dehydrated vegetables, and then the salt, sugar, spices and other things in the bamboo tube are poured directly into it and boiled.

The cauldron was cooked and sent directly into the tin bucket to the military tents everywhere.

After the sergeants finished their meals in the tents, they put on rubber ponchos, put on the rubber shoes they were issued, and began to put on their armor and stomach and pack up their clothes.

In the rainy environment, the sergeants who had already been honed from the battlefield did it in an orderly manner.

The reason why Li Yunze did not cancel the battle in such weather conditions was because it helped to conceal the march.

In a war environment, even if the enemy army will relax its vigilance because of a long siege, it will never show too many flaws to the opponent.

This rain is a good thing for Li Yunze, who is preparing to launch a night attack.

Naturally, the horses also have their own tents, which they hide under rubber sheds.

The sergeants came over and fed the horses water and bean cakes, and added extra salt.

After that, it is necessary to untie the cold cloth and put on horse armor for the war horses.

The night guards and fireheads will stay here, taking care of the tents, pack horses, and all kinds of luggage and military supplies.

Except for weapons and armor and war horses, everything else was left behind.

The war horse, which has not been ridden much along the way and has very good physical strength, now comes in handy.

The reason why they are so well taken care of is to use them at such a time!

Li Yunze, who was wearing a poncho outside his stomach, turned over and looked around, then raised his hand and waved forward, and thousands of cavalry silently marched in the direction of Shule in the rain.

In the dark night sky, a bright silver snake flashed from time to time.

With the help of that moment of light, you can clearly see a dark iron cavalry army in action.

After more than an hour, the rain in the sky gradually weakened, turning into a hazy rain like a light stroke.

And Li Yunze's department had already come to a place more than ten miles away from Shule City at this time.

He stepped forward and pointed out to him the location of the Tibetan camp.

"Ladies and gentlemen." Looking around at the generals and school captains, Li Yunze earnestly instructed, "There is only one goal in this battle, and that is the Tubo people." As for those miscellaneous Hu on the periphery and the nine surnames of Zhaowu, they only need to be driven away. Did you hear that? ”

"Yui!

”

With the help of the cover of the night, the officers and men of the Tang Army began to make final preparations.

In such weather conditions, the bow and crossbow are naturally useless, and they are the same on both sides.

After resting for a while to recover his strength, and when a touch of fish belly white appeared in the sky in the distance, Li Yunze raised his hand and pulled off the hideous mask on his helmet, and his big hand wearing iron gloves fell heavily in the direction of the Tubo camp.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded in the night.

At first, it was very soft and slow, but the sound of horses' hooves gradually intensified, and it resounded like a falling drum.

Most of the coalition forces are herders, and they are the most sensitive to such noises and movements.

In the last darkness before dawn, they ran out of their tents in terror, screaming and screaming like headless flies.

The light rain finally stopped, and the white of the fish belly on the horizon finally turned into a ray of morning sun sprinkled on the world.

The golden sunlight penetrated the clouds and sprinkled on the cavalry clusters of the Tang Army, shining brightly!

Zahu and Zhaowu Jiu, who finally saw this scene clearly, looked at the Tang Army who was shining like a great wall of steel, and the only thought was to run, and the only action was to run wildly!

The Iron Cavalry trampled and destroyed everything in its path.

Countless fleeing routs are like animals migrating on the African savannah, screaming and running without a clue.

A large part of the rout was driven to the camp of the Tibetans.

The men in front of them fell directly into the trench on the outskirts of the camp, and were immediately pierced by sharp stakes.

The men behind followed, one after another, and fell into the trench in rows and patches.

Then came the rejection of horses and antlers, and all the outer defenses were swallowed up by these frightened routs.

This is what any army fears the most, Camp Howling!

The Tubo soldiers, who had already woken up, carried the fence of the camp to death, and kept slashing with knives and guns in their hands, killing an unknown number of routs, and even piled up a ramp outside the camp.

It's a pity that it's useless, there are so many routs that you can't kill them at all.

The first rout jumped over the fence and tumbled into the camp.

The rout was quickly finished with a single sword, then the second, then the third...

Hundreds of routs were killed, but more and more followed, until they could no longer be stopped.

When the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty rushed into the camp along the ramp and rode their horses, everything came to an end.

The Tang army that rushed in, while driving the coalition forces around it, threw out the rope and stuck it on the fence, and then fought hard to drag the fence.

The overwhelmed fence finally collapsed, and more Tang cavalry rushed in.

In the subsequent battle, only the pursuit remained.

It was not until this time that the sound of horns and drums finally sounded on the city of Shule, a few miles away.

The gates, which had been closed for a long time, were opened, and a large number of defenders rushed out and beat the water dogs.

In this battle, there are no more surprises. Even if Lu Dongzan was here at this time, he could only rush the horse and run away in the face of this kind of scene.

The Tang Army's iron cavalry chased and killed for dozens of miles, and then they returned unsatisfied.

In the camp of the Tibetans, Cheng Chumo hurriedly found Li Yunze, who was doing a post-war inventory.

"General of the Third Division!"

Cheng Chumo saluted when he saw him, and shouted Li Yunze's official position, "Ask the general to save my father!" ”

Cheng Yanjin took more than 10,000 Tang troops to the south, but there has been no news for several months.

In a place thousands of miles away from Middle-earth, Cheng Chumo's mood can be imagined.

Li Yunze looked at him, and his embarrassed stubble and bloodshot eyes were enough to prove how much mental pressure he had endured during this time.

In the face of the anxious Cheng Chumo, Li Yunze did not have good words to appease, nor did he promise anything, he just said, "Get up and do things first." ”

At this time, Cheng Chumo's identity was the general of the first army of the Shule defenders, not the son of Cheng Yanjin.

Cleaning the battlefield, counting the exploits, the first trophy, escorting the prisoners, and many other things have to be done.

It took two full days to completely clean the surroundings of Shule.

In this battle, there were tens of thousands of Zahu and Zhaowu nine surnames, and the Tubo people, who were the main targets, were later counted as the number of soldiers and horses in their camps was not one or two thousand, but as many as nearly 30,000.

If it weren't for taking advantage of the information gap, taking advantage of the cover of the rainy night to fight a beautiful raid battle, it would not be easy to defeat so many soldiers and horses.

After that, Li Yunze ignored Cheng Chumo's pleading, quietly repaired the soldiers and horses, treated the wounded, and sent scouts to explore the movements in the distance. is not to send troops to rescue Cheng Biting Jin.

When the angry Cheng Chumo wanted to throw the Shule city defense to Li Yunze and lead his troops to the rescue, the emperor would send a telegram to reprimand him fiercely and ask him to obey Li Yunze's orders.

In terms of subordination, Cheng Chumo is a subordinate general of the Second Division General Cheng Yanjin, so he can naturally ignore Li Yunze's orders.

But now there is a telegram from the emperor ... Even if Cheng Chumo stated that the telegram was not a holy decree, the Tang Army under his command would not follow him.

The news of the surrounding hundred and ten miles will not be known until the Tanma returns.

But the news of Chang'an City, which is thousands of miles away, is really the same day.

Cheng Chumo sulked, and simply locked himself in the mansion to drink all day, and threw everything to Li Yunze.

And Li Yunze was not polite here, and immediately took over the military power, and readjusted the soldiers and horses he brought with the Shule defenders.

Cheng Biting Jin is definitely going to be rescued, but not now.

The premise of rescuing others is not to trap yourself in it.

After waiting here in Shule for more than ten days, the follow-up large-scale supply convoy finally arrived here.

On the third day of the convoy's arrival, Li Yunze took the thousands of cavalry that had already been selected, and one man and four horses went south like thunder and went straight to the Green Ridge.

The Green Ridge, also known as the Pamirs, is the confluence of several mountain ranges.

The altitude here is quite high, usually above several thousand meters.

Mountains stretch and river valleys crisscross each other, alternating between moraine plains and desert plains.

The most eye-catching thing is the permanent snow and icebergs on the countless mountains, which are indeed very imposing when viewed from a distance.

If you want to go to Big and Small Bolu, it is the most convenient to take the Green Ridge and cross the Suole River, and it is also the route that Cheng Yanjin took before that.

It's just that when Tanma reported that all the bridges on the Suole River had been destroyed, Li Yunze knew that this road would not work.

He rode his horse to the bank of the river, and sure enough, he saw the rushing river and the destroyed bridge.

There is also the provocation of the Tibetans on the other side.

Some people may say, "There are no bridges to take a boat on the river."

However, the reality is that the river valley is a river on both sides of the river, with steep and towering cliffs on both sides, and the river is roaring and flowing very fast.

It was impossible for the cavalry of the Tang Army, with a large number of horses and supplies, to cross the river on a large scale by boat in such an environment.

Looking at the Tubo people on the other side who were frantically provoking this side again, Li Yunze took out a machine crossbow with a range of hundreds of paces from his bag, "Detour." ”